Julia Hargrave
Meet Julia Hargrave
As an educator, Julia strives to create an environment that supports individuality and cultural relevance. They believe students should be able to feel a sense of belonging within the classroom and in dance. Dance allows people to express themselves artistically and emotionally. For this type of expression to occur students should feel that their personal histories and identities are welcome and celebrated in the classroom. They incorporate culturally relevant pedagogy in the classroom to allow for free creative expression.
Julia's work as a choreographer focuses on expression of a full range of human emotions. Their choreography includes concepts such as the grotesque and gothic themes. They create works that are not only visually pleasing but are also unsettling at times. The full range of human emotions include those that are not as pleasant. They believe that these emotions should be showcased just as much as the beautified ones.
Within Julia's work as a performer they have been able to work within styles such as contemporary and ballet. They work with choreographers to deliver a performance that conveys their desired concepts effectively. They find joy in being able to deliver a performance that is inciteful. They also have found great value in working with a variety of dancers. They find great value in collaboration to create meaningful artwork.
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Julia Hargrave grew up in Paducah, Texas but started taking dance with Lone Star Dance Academy in Planview, Texas. Later Hargrave danced at their Amarillo location as a Senior Company Member. There, they performed in their professional seasonal productions including The Nutcracker and Dracula. They also continued to train in ballet technique.
Currently, Hargrave is a senior pursuing a B.A. in Dance at UNT. While their background is founded in ballet, they enjoy exploring contemporary balletic styles and implementing grotesque, unsettling movements. They continue to explore the ways that violent, contorting, and distorted movement can aid dancers as well as the wide range of human emotions in their most intrinsic forms.
