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Faculty
Directory Julia Ritter
Julia Ritter is an interdisciplinary artist whose work
combines many years of movement training with continued
exploration of vocal and theater techniques. She is
the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award,
and was invited to teach and choreograph at the Akademie
des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany for 2002-2003. Julia
graduated with her M.F.A. in Dance from Temple Temple
University in 1997 and is an alumnus of the Department
of Dance at Mason Gross, having graduated with a B.F.A.
degree in Dance with Academic Honors in 1992. A committed
dance educator, Julia is currently on faculty as an
Assistant Professor and teaches master classes in movement
and vocal techniques both nationally and internationally.
She has shown her work in venues throughout New York,
Philadelphia, New Jersey and in Canada. Since 1996,
Julia has performed with Paule Turner, Duchess and his
company, court both nationally and internationally,
including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. From 1997-1999,
Julia performed in works by Melanie Stewart Dance Theater,
including Perfect, Underlife and Still.
With her own interdisciplinary performance company,
Julia creates evening length works including Love
After Death, created in collaboration with writer
Michael Duke and dramaturge Melanie Stewart in 2000.
Love After Death has been presented as a site-specific
event in New Jersey and at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival,
at various universities and in New York City in March
of 2002. Julia has also performed in works by Amy Pivar
Dances, Claire Porter and other independent artists.
She is a teaching artist with the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts, Young Audiences and NJ School for the Arts,
working with young people and educators throughout the
region.
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