Julia K. Gleich

Julia K. Gleich is a choreographer, teacher, scholar and mathematics aficionado.  She is interested in collaboration, illuminating the relationships between the traditional and the contemporary, and scrapping aesthetic labels. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Gleich Dances.

Ms. Gleich is on faculty at Trinity LABAN Conservatoire of Music and Dance(London,UK) and is Head of Choreography at London Studio Centre and frequently teaches at Peridance. She is founding choreographer and director of Gleich Dances, which began as « A Coterie of Dancers » in 1993 in Jackson Hole (WY), and later became « Gleich Dances » in 1995. Gleich Dances enjoyed two seasons produced by NYC’s JoyceSoHo (’01, ’03). The company has been seen throughout the United States and in the UK.

In 2004, Ms. Gleich with Jason Andrew founded Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts with a mission to renew and refresh the exchange between the interdisciplinary arts. Ms. Gleich is also a founder and director of Aegis Live Arts, creating unique locational dance works that enliven history and architecture in London. She is a regular master teacher for Burklyn Ballet Theatre, VT, teaching workshops in contemporary ballet practice and generating new works in contemporary ballet. 

Ms. Gleich’s early training includes the School of American Ballet and with Melissa Hayden, Robert Denvers, David Howard, and later, Peff Modelski. She also studied at the Limón Institute and Cunningham Studio. Ms. Gleich danced in regional ballet and modern dance companies across the US and was a Ballet Mistress for Utah Ballet and Ballet West.

Source: The company Gleich dances ‘s website

More information : gleichdances.org