Julie is the artistic director of the Asheville Butoh Festival, has been creating, performing and teaching dance in the US, France, and Mexico for over 40 years. Julie has received numerous grants and awards for her choreography. She was awarded the 2008-09 NC Choreography Fellowship and used the funds to travel to Japan to study Butoh, her primary form of artistic expression.

Julie will share an introduction to Noguchi Taiso (exercises). This practice is slow and gentle, great for all bodies and a fabulous companion to butoh.

“The materials that constitute our bodies are undoubtedly of this earth and have participated in and experienced the creation process . . . Our body, living here and now, includes the history of the earth.”
Michizo Noguchi

Julie Ashville Butoh Festival’inin Sanat Yönetmeni ve ABD, Fransa ve Meksika’da 40 yılı aşkın süredir koreograf, performansçı ve eğitmen olarak dans ediyor. Julie koreografileri için bir çok ödüle layık görüldü. 20008-09 NC Choreography Fellowship ödülünü aldı ve buradan aldığı fonlarla Butoh öğrenimi için Japonya’ya gitti.