https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/about daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/c4a5cddb-67c7-432b-a252-f203158daf41/CamillaGreenwell_Julie_001.jpg Contact - Julie Ann Minaai Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Julie is an international award-winning dancer, choreographer, teacher, body double, model and rehearsal director based in Melbourne, Australia. She studied dance at Queen Emma Ballet under the guidance of Eve and Michael Sanders (former members of the Nederlands Dans Theatre) and Mid-Pacific Institute’s School of the Arts, Hawaii (under Paul Maley, former member of Atlanta Ballet, Sylvia Yamada, former member of Rambert Dance Company and Australian Dance Theatre) . In California, she danced for Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble, performing his renowned repertoire, Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder, Songs of the Disinherited and To Artina. Julie completed her MA degree in Contemporary Dance from the London Contemporary Dance School investigating “What is Creativity?”. Her research included the devising and delivering of creative dance workshops (while working with Ludus Dance Company) along with an exploration of the theory and literature on creativity. Julie has toured nationally and internationally (UK, USA, Norway, Israel, China, South Korea, Colombia & Peru) with renowned choreographers and dance companies. Selected credits: Meryl Tankard’s KAIROS, Elena Kats-Chernin, Regis Lansac, Royal Opera House's Die Zauberflote, Peter Darling & Ellen Kane (Groundhog Day and Matilda The Musical), Duwane Taylor, James Cousins, Flexer & Sandiland, English National Opera's Madam Butterfly, and Richard Malone's LFW Presentation, as well as commercially with Lynne Page (Pet Shop Boys, Jess Glynne's The BRITs 2019), Caroline Pope (ITV’s Mr. Selfridge), Lucy Hind (Nick Frost & Simon Peg’s Truth Seekers), La Dispute’s Woman (Reading) and ASDA & Th1ng Corp’s Battles Campaign. In 2016, Julie was endorsed by Arts Council England as a dance artist of exceptional promise. In 2022, Julie joined University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Dance faculty as a contemporary dance specialist in Melbourne / Naarm, Victoria, Australia. She additionally teaches at Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc and other organisations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/9ee3b499-8145-410b-9da3-e7555f120312/Julie+Ann+Minaai+-+Photo+2.jpg Contact - Julie has been commissioned to choreograph works and teach in the USA, UK and Australia, which have been performed at the Laguna Beach Dance Festival (California), National Dance Festival (Pennsylvania), Paliku Theatre (Hawaii), U.Dance National Festival (Plymouth), The Place’s Certified Advance Training (CATs) (London), University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). She has devised and delivered educational outreach work for many companies to participants of all ages and backgrounds. Julie has been choreographic and rehearsal assistant to Lynne Page for Stormzy’s 2018 Brit Awards performance. She has been Rehearsal Director for James Cousins Company’s Epilogues Production and Avant Garde Dance Company’s Fagin’s Twist (Shanghai Tour 2017, UK Tour 2017 & 2018, and Colombia & Peru Tour 2019), Kristina Walsh x Cathy Waller’s Autonomy of Architecture Project, Yukiko Masui’s Falling Family (2019) & Dream Deprivation (2021) and Dickson Mbi Company’s MOKITA (2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1632104747379-81O67F5H6EYKWPWMN77Z/Julie_Minaai_ba%28ME%29_6236.jpg Contact In 2020-2022, Julie created, choreographed and performed in a new dance film, ba(ME), funded by Arts Council England with filmmaker Michael Garrett, co-director Cathy Waller and co-director / dramaturg Ailin Conant. ba(ME) has been selected for screening at Utah Dance Film Festival and Indepen-dance’s Gathered Together Festival at Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1632533436224-GT7RBK55OCIHLACYDC38/IMG_9843.JPG Contact Absolutely honored to be featured on my alma mater, Mid-Pacific Institute’s website and the Mid-Pacific Alumni Annual Fund Dinner! 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The “Read, React, Repeal” focuses on campaigning to repeal article 40.3.3 (also known as the 8th Amendment) in Ireland. The 8th Amendment has made abortion illegal in Ireland since 1983. 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Recycled yarn in 4 way stretch ottoman, all made in London; worn and performed by fantastic @jaminaai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/9a898cc4-1ee6-4d6d-a272-eb707ee8ccb0/Richard+Malone+look+2.jpg Fashion Outfit 1 for Read, React, Repeal. ❤️❤️❤️. AW18 Entirely handwoven/hand fringed from recycled yarn; worn and performed by fantastic @jaminaai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/63f049ac-8cc6-4306-b156-d3195d58ddf8/Richard+Malone+look+one+movement.jpg Fashion https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/musicals daily 0.75 2021-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/66a9aa35-365a-48e6-88b3-c05e75fc26a7/2018-07-05+18.42.37-1.jpg Musicals - Musicals Julie has worked closely with Tony Award Nominee, Lynne Page, on workshopping various productions: Judy, the film (2019), Epic Domestic (a collaboration with the National Theatre), Spring Awakening (R&D for the Almeida Theatre), Moulin Rouge (R&D), Bank of Dave (R&D), St. George & The Dragon (National Theatre) and American Psycho, The Musical. Julie has also worked with award-winning choreographer, Peter Darling and Tony & Olivier Award Nominee, Ellen Kane, on workshopping for musicals: Frozen The Musical, Groundhog Day The Musical and Matilda The Musical & the film. https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/news daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/4c5a0dd1-3851-4b18-b818-174cb560fbd5/C0A21361-2E6A-46F2-87F6-6962405D5675.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/5f445dfb-0641-4e18-b49e-d1a6a01e1159/Edinburgh-International-Festival-2022-Brochure-Digital.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1632441509149-U6V2U74X5PQ99YP1PG1V/IMG_9842.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/9e47453d-a130-4f65-9e18-92ee86bcd3db/Julie_Minaai_ba%28ME%29_4318.jpg https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/mana2022 daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/e99c2b13-cc02-4e7f-8001-c41bdc7dbfa3/tempImageRHCO4T.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/db837cc8-2d23-4f7a-88a5-6a9bcafebcc2/09-04Japanese-183.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/85df9f4e-0cb3-428f-ac82-5c4f2e6a798a/09-04Japanese-325.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/5dee8222-8e3a-4832-b14a-e763019a9990/09-04Japanese-173.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/8fd7f881-6920-4829-a50b-de12833378fd/09-04Japanese-178.jpg https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/boro-2022 daily 0.75 2022-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/4c5a0dd1-3851-4b18-b818-174cb560fbd5/C0A21361-2E6A-46F2-87F6-6962405D5675.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/483629e8-b8a5-499e-a224-af30ab0b0da6/850F796E-0CE5-4488-8F5D-AE9E1FAB07AB.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/99677b60-6cc0-46b9-a8ff-7a90e4c64632/8CB82D23-8D69-489E-B381-7A8D2A19F9CD.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/d950bb4e-52f6-4dd5-9dbc-b92d247d32a5/DEBD39E5-1486-4655-B5B8-61869632E6E9.jpg BORO (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/b31687e7-0ea3-43b0-a8b4-69b8f4be02cd/DDE537C4-AF63-4F80-AC2D-16368D382EAE.jpg BORO (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/0bb34dee-0b29-40a3-a43a-97369dedf788/C6E7C3EF-80AD-40A6-935F-0BA8F18A57B2.JPG BORO (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/37edb968-8309-4e9f-92b3-a21520b9f51a/ACAEACB0-E022-481F-9FFA-11023DE0D4B5.jpg BORO (2022) https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/bame2022 daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/3ef78ae3-62e5-40c2-9a47-15955e7f247d/IMG_3342.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ba0ad893-2cd1-4efa-b7ce-084cc476680a/IMG_1227.PNG ba(ME) - ba(ME) at Utah Dance Film Festival 2022!!! Utah Dance Film Festival 2022 will be screening ba(ME) Short Screening 4 Saturday, 28 May 2022 @ 7PM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/0074f553-ea6e-41cb-ba39-1e045403ae69/Screen+Shot+2022-04-25+at+12.20.41+PM.png ba(ME) - 7 - 21 April 2022: ba(ME) at The Place’s Summer Season 2022 Julie Ann Minaai’s dance film, ba(ME), is available online. FREE but booking required. Please note: Once you have booked you will receive an E-Ticket to your registered email address (please check your spam folder), which will contain the necessary webpage link to access the film as many times as you link until Thu 21 Apr, 10pm (BST). Accessibility: There are two accessible versions of ba(ME) - Audio Described version and a subtitled version BOOK HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ecae4bba-1547-4349-b40e-250e1def91f1/ba%28ME%29+utah+dance+film+festival.jpg ba(ME) - ba(ME) has been selected for Utah Dance Film Festival 2022!!! Utah Dance Film Festival will be screening ba(ME) 22 April 2022 - 28 May 2022 More information coming soon!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/6ff5fb8e-ff51-43dd-b775-3a92ec55d16c/IMG_2985.jpg ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/6627e629-cdb7-4e64-ac6d-36184e4ec73d/Julie_Minaai_ba%28ME%29_4826.jpg ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ee8184df-02bf-49ab-98ee-c9e2d5f26c4e/os-laurels-b.JPG ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/4d9c5038-49da-45cf-81f5-a1ec34498320/2022_Laurels-14.png ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/0f531738-15d2-44f0-93fb-44e1cf1bf25f/image0.JPEG ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/57319c2c-c184-4717-a597-b6eaf6cb62a5/IMG_2615.PNG ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/6fda93c2-a201-4571-abb7-0d237527dd5c/214CED25-64D2-4335-B9A2-F9E259ED217A.jpg ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/c525086d-49a8-4a95-9c45-f8860de03203/IMG_1733.jpg ba(ME) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/0074f553-ea6e-41cb-ba39-1e045403ae69/Screen+Shot+2022-04-25+at+12.20.41+PM.png ba(ME) https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/news-international-screenings-of-bame daily 0.75 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1632441509149-U6V2U74X5PQ99YP1PG1V/IMG_9842.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/5f445dfb-0641-4e18-b49e-d1a6a01e1159/Edinburgh-International-Festival-2022-Brochure-Digital.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/4c5a0dd1-3851-4b18-b818-174cb560fbd5/C0A21361-2E6A-46F2-87F6-6962405D5675.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/9e47453d-a130-4f65-9e18-92ee86bcd3db/Julie_Minaai_ba%28ME%29_4318.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/8548bf6a-2026-44d7-826a-fcb0801ff2ff/EIF+mix+logo.png International Screenings of ba(ME) - AT HOME: RETHINKING INTERNATIONALISM I The first of our online conversations brings together industry professionals to discuss the experience of being an international artist as part of our Refuge series. Join us for the first of a two-part discussion Rethinking Internationalism, exploring what it really means to be an international artist working in the UK today. How have recent events shaped what we consider internationalism to be and who has the privilege of being considered ‘international’? The discussion will be chaired by Dr Idil Akinci-Perez, with choreographer Julie Ann Minaai, Maria Aberg, director of Projekt Europa, theatre-maker Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi and producer Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso. As part of Refuge, artists, practitioners, academics and community leaders from across the globe come together in conversation, offering their perspectives on themes of internationalism, migration, displacement, inclusion and climate justice. The Refuge series is supported by British Council, Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh and Claire and Mark Urquhart. Made possible through the PLACE programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/c525086d-49a8-4a95-9c45-f8860de03203/IMG_1733.jpg International Screenings of ba(ME) - ba(ME) will be part of Indepen-dance’s Gathered Together Festival 2022 Wed 6 - Sat 9 July 2022 Scotland's International Inclusive Dance Festival Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland indepen-dance.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1662421957763-QQ1DKY16LEQM9HZUV2JQ/09-04Japanese-325.jpg International Screenings of ba(ME) - MANA MANA is a collaboration between renowned Taiko Master, Toshi Sakamoto, award-winning Japanese Shamisen Virtuoso, Noriko Tadano, and internationally recognized dance artist, Julie Ann Minaai. The trio explores the transcendent spiritual power that viscerally transforms us. Stage Performance: 4 September 2022 Melbourne Spring Taiko Matsuri, South Oakleigh College VIC 3167 Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ba0ad893-2cd1-4efa-b7ce-084cc476680a/IMG_1227.PNG International Screenings of ba(ME) - ba(ME) at Utah Dance Film Festival 2022!!! Utah Dance Film Festival 2022 will be screening ba(ME) Short Screening 4 Saturday, 28 May 2022 @ 7PM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/0074f553-ea6e-41cb-ba39-1e045403ae69/Screen+Shot+2022-04-25+at+12.20.41+PM.png International Screenings of ba(ME) - 7 - 21 April 2022: ba(ME) at The Place’s Summer Season 2022 Julie Ann Minaai’s dance film, ba(ME), is available online. FREE but booking required. Please note: Once you have booked you will receive an E-Ticket to your registered email address (please check your spam folder), which will contain the necessary webpage link to access the film as many times as you link until Thu 21 Apr, 10pm (BST). Accessibility: There are two accessible versions of ba(ME) - Audio Described version and a subtitled version BOOK HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/6627e629-cdb7-4e64-ac6d-36184e4ec73d/Julie_Minaai_ba%28ME%29_4826.jpg International Screenings of ba(ME) - Teaching: Morning Class @ Chunky Move Julie will be teaching morning class at Chunky Move Wednesdays from 9:30-11AM: 27 April 2022, 4 May 2022, 11 May 2022, 18 May 2022, 8 June 2022. Class: Contemporary Open (Intermediate/Advanced) Come and groove! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ecae4bba-1547-4349-b40e-250e1def91f1/ba%28ME%29+utah+dance+film+festival.jpg International Screenings of ba(ME) - ba(ME) has been selected for Utah Dance Film Festival 2022!!! Utah Dance Film Festival will be screening ba(ME) 22 April 2022 - 28 May 2022 More information coming soon!!! https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/news-morning-classes daily 0.75 2023-12-09 https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/news-upcoming-works-creations daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/4e685f2b-2699-4223-a8ef-f17b9cac3155/Screenshot+2025-12-17+at+6.40.01%E2%80%AFam.png Upcoming Works & Creations - 21 DECEMBER 2025 IF SHADOWS COULD SPEAK If Shadows Could Speak explores portals to alternate selves through folkloric and spiritual creatures that dwell in the space between light and shadow. It asks: can the body exist without its shadow—and what do we carry, if not its trace? Choreographer: Julie Ann Minaai (in collaboration with performers) Performers: Leyla Boz and Jinya Toyomaru Sound Designer: Serge Balaam Mask Designer: Saskia Permezel Puppet Designer: Tamara Rewse & Amy Carr Bottomley Additional Collaborator: Cass Wijaya Photo credit: Gregory Lorenzutti Supported by University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts & Tenri University, Japan. Performance: Sunday, 21 December 2025, 6pm at the Nara Centennial Hall, Nara, Japan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/83d2b112-e413-4222-9635-c6a275b48968/tempImageszRETm.jpg Upcoming Works & Creations - 2 DECEMBER 2023 OKAGE SAMA DE : SHIROI What happens to our identity through the experience of immigration? How does one reconnect with a cultural heritage that has faded through generational integration? OKAGE SAMA DE (I am what I am because of you) journeys into the unknown in the search for self and reconnection with one’s past. SHIROI 白い refers to the shade of white - when all the colours come together to form the possibilities: the creative potential of the washi paper before paint touches it; the shade that invites light and shadow to dance together on the shōji doors and lanterns, and the potential to write your own story, pathway and journey. Celebrate generations of cultural ancestry and witness the mastery of traditional Japanese art forms in this live dance and musical performance by international award-winning Japanese artists Julie Ann Minaai, Noriko Tadano, Toshi Sakamoto and Junko Azukawa. Combining contemporary dance, the traditional Japanese shamisen, powerful Wadaiko drumming, and beautiful Sumi-e ink paintings, OKAGE SAME DE is an explosive exploration of culture, identity and journey of the self. Supported by Immigration Museum and City of Melbourne. Performance: Saturday, 2 December 2023, 2pm and 6pm at the Immigration Museum Book Tickets: HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/f6e709f4-dd58-4f95-a7f4-1cf4784f61a2/5FE983C5-EB17-4233-AF8F-E8F4DEA61B22.JPG Upcoming Works & Creations - 22 JULY 2023 HANA as part of RESONANCE ‘Gathering around shared rhythm, values, and purpose, 6 Narrm-based interdisciplinary and intergenerational artists of the diaspora, weave together their creative and cultural practices for the crafting of story and ceremony. Vicki Kinai (PNG), MZ RIZK (Lebanon), Katherine Gailer (Colombia), Julie Ann Minaai (Japan/Hawaii), Irihipeti Waretini (Aotearoa) and Bella Waru (Aotearoa) present the unique immersive art and performance experience, RESONANCE. A place of coexistence, collaboration and collective movement; tracing the journeys of our ancestors to the sacred Kulin lands we now call home. Illuminating possible futures of potential, provision and connection. What happens when you put five different cultures, six different creative practices and walks of life in one space with the intention to co-create? To not only co-exist but to establish relations, collectively build and lead? RESONANCE. Supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne Museum and City of Melbourne. Performance: Saturday, 22 July 2023, 7pm at the Melbourne Museum Book Tickets: HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/607c7c8c-be8c-4ff8-8df1-f024c6b75362/OSD+image.jpeg Upcoming Works & Creations - 20 May 2023 OKAGE SAMA DE Julie is currently resident artist at The Bowery Theatre in St. Albans, Brimbank. She has been connecting with the local community and exploring their stories in relation to her family’s as she delves into creating a new work. ‘OKAGE SAMA DE (‘I am what I am because of you’) explores stories of the immigrant experience and seeks to reconnect with a heritage that has partially faded through intergenerational integration. Performed by international award-winning artists, residency artist Julie Ann Minaai and Japanese musician Noriko Tadano, the duet combines contemporary dance with a live performance of the shamisen - a traditional Japanese instrument. OKAGE SAMA DE explores journeying into the unknown, a search for self, disorientation, discovery and reconnection with cultural ancestry. julie-ann-minaai.com As part of the Bowery Theatre Residency Program’ Stage Performance: Saturday 20 May 2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm, Bowery Theatre, 33 Princess Street, St Albans Book Tickets: HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/58e393ab-55cb-4aae-a3d2-ac490822f3af/IMG_8083.jpg Upcoming Works & Creations - 30 MARCH 2023 CONFIRGURATION COMPANY Julie has been commissioned to create a new work for Sydney-based Configuration Company as part of their season, The future and NOW. ‘We invite you to come and witness an exceptional evening of contemporary dance including the world premiere of four new works all inspired and enthused by Earth’s current climate crisis. Featuring works by Victor Zarallo, Julie Ann Minaai, Amanda Whittaker and Katya Gray.’ Stage Performance: 30 March 2023, 6:30PM at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre, Sydney, Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/29d65088-510c-4a3c-9d45-838afc499741/C0A21361-2E6A-46F2-87F6-6962405D5675.JPG Upcoming Works & Creations - 9 - 12 NOVEMBER 2022 BORO BORO is a commission for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Dance students’ graduation season. ‘This year’s graduating students have experienced unprecedented challenges throughout their degree as they navigated the changes brought about by the Global Pandemic. Moving between dancing in a virtual studio and dancing in real life, they have emerged as artists with a multiplicity of skills who understand how to communicate their craft regardless of the barriers encountered. In these strange times their creative and critical capacities bring attention to the urgencies of the present and the power of dance to connect across times, spaces and differences. In this Triple Bill, we draw attention to the kinetic as primary to how we shape-shift through life stages and states of emergence. Three new contemporary works have been made on and with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) working in collaboration with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design and Production) students: Guest Choreographer Lucy Guerin’s Splinter Group; Hutchinson First Nations Fellow, Ngioka Bunda-Heath’s Footprints and Resident Choreographer Julie Ann Minaai’s BORO. Delving into distinct worlds of the choreographic imagination, these works explore group synergy, rhythmic complicity, falling, shape-shifting and the traces we leave behind. They speak through the corporeal and ancestral imagination to inscribe mutable and changing worlds within a condition of continuous dancing.’ Stage Performance: 9 - 12 November 2022 Space 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/c525086d-49a8-4a95-9c45-f8860de03203/IMG_1733.jpg Upcoming Works & Creations - ba(ME) will be part of Indepen-dance’s Gathered Together Festival 2022 Wed 6 - Sat 9 July 2022 Scotland's International Inclusive Dance Festival Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland indepen-dance.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1662421957763-QQ1DKY16LEQM9HZUV2JQ/09-04Japanese-325.jpg Upcoming Works & Creations - 4 SEPTEMBER 2022 MANA MANA is a collaboration between renowned Taiko Master, Toshi Sakamoto, award-winning Japanese Shamisen Virtuoso, Noriko Tadano, and internationally recognized dance artist, Julie Ann Minaai. The trio explores the transcendent spiritual power that viscerally transforms us. Stage Performance: 4 September 2022 Melbourne Spring Taiko Matsuri, South Oakleigh College VIC 3167 Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ba0ad893-2cd1-4efa-b7ce-084cc476680a/IMG_1227.PNG Upcoming Works & Creations - ba(ME) at Utah Dance Film Festival 2022!!! Utah Dance Film Festival 2022 will be screening ba(ME) Short Screening 4 Saturday, 28 May 2022 @ 7PM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/0074f553-ea6e-41cb-ba39-1e045403ae69/Screen+Shot+2022-04-25+at+12.20.41+PM.png Upcoming Works & Creations - 7 - 21 April 2022: ba(ME) at The Place’s Summer Season 2022 Julie Ann Minaai’s dance film, ba(ME), is available online. FREE but booking required. Please note: Once you have booked you will receive an E-Ticket to your registered email address (please check your spam folder), which will contain the necessary webpage link to access the film as many times as you link until Thu 21 Apr, 10pm (BST). Accessibility: There are two accessible versions of ba(ME) - Audio Described version and a subtitled version BOOK HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/ecae4bba-1547-4349-b40e-250e1def91f1/ba%28ME%29+utah+dance+film+festival.jpg Upcoming Works & Creations - ba(ME) has been selected for Utah Dance Film Festival 2022!!! Utah Dance Film Festival will be screening ba(ME) 22 April 2022 - 28 May 2022 More information coming soon!!! https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/news-guest-talks-lectures daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/949d4506-c851-43b2-b8e1-1fc68c84f98e/Roundtable+3+-+Music%2C+Rhythm%2C+Ritual+and+Dance.png Guest Talks & Discussions - GENERATIVE DANCING #7 – Music, Rhythm, Ritual and Dance: Honouring ancestral practices & re-imagining ceremony Guest Speakers: Lamine Sonko, Noriko Tadano and Kialea-Nadine Williams with facilitation by Julie Ann Minaai and Kialea-Nadine Williams A roundtable / panel talk exploring music, rhythm, ritual, and dance through embodied practices, sacred ceremonies, and cultural traditions. Featuring interdisciplinary artist and Guewel (hereditary cultural role) from Senegal, Lamine Sonko, Japanese shamisen virtuoso Noriko Tadano, award-winning British-born Jamaican dance artist Kialea-Nadine Williams, and Japanese dance artist Julie Ann Minaai, this conversation delves into cultural and embodied knowledges from both traditional and diasporic perspectives—honouring ancestral practices, returning to cultural roots, reimagining ceremony, and weaving diasporic experiences. 16 September 2025, 6pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/f2ef6cfd-0783-4812-a4cc-6f4d94c8c88e/Screen+Shot+2023-12-09+at+11.34.24+PM.png Guest Talks & Discussions - Generative Dancing Roundtable Series Dr. Elena Benthaus @tiny_office_dances from the PopMoves community and Julie Minaai are facilitating a roundtable / podcast live recording session as part of the Generative Dancing Roundtable series organised by @vca.dance and @dancehouse.melb on “Glocal Street Dance Cultures in Australia” with incredible guest speakers Efren Pamilacan @ef__ founder of City Sessions and Cofounder of Cypher Culture Bgirl Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn @raygun_aus of ‘Vanguards of Style' and '143 Liverpool Street Familia' Amelia Doung @in.trospectionist from Destructive Steps Dance Association For this session, we are interested in thinking through what it means to belong to, practice, be part of local Street Dance / Hip Hop cultures, or Street Dance / Hip Hop scenes in Australia. The questions we are pondering are about how a dance culture that emerged from the particularities of the African-American and Puerto-Rican experience of youth in a disenfranchised socio-political context has been globalised, and when taken up in different places around the globe, like Australia, been in turn localised into the specific context of the new locale. What is the generational, generative, and generous pull Street Dance / Hip Hop cultures have on a global scale? How can we think about the relationship between the (g)localised dance culture and its black cultural roots? What place does it occupy within Australia or within different cities in Australia? How does it afford its practitioners a sense of belonging to a local as well as global dance community? What are the challenges and tensions inherent in this dynamic? Event info: Wednesday, April 19 2023 from 6:30pm-7:30pm AEST in Studio 221, Building 864 Dance Building 234 St Kilda Road Southbank, VIC 3006 The event is free, but you have to register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/generative-dancing-glocal-street-dance-cultures-in-australia-tickets-570281476247?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1 Image credit: JNY Photography @photography.jny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/9abff399-59b2-4e24-a267-339d41beadd0/Roundtable+2+-+Sekinin.png Guest Talks & Discussions - GENERATIVE DANCING #6 – Sekinin (Responsibility) Guest Speakers: Gracieuse Amah, Irihipeti Waretini and Jackie Sheppard with facilitation by Julie Ann Minaai Sekinin in Japanese means responsibility – It is taking care of self and others, fulfilling obligations, contributing to the community and building a better world. A roundtable / panel talk featuring Beninese, Togolese, and French community leader and choreographer Gracieuse Amah, Māori artist Irihipeti Waretini, and First Nations interdisciplinary artist Jackie Sheppard. This discussion offers insights into rituals, cultural and community practices across the arts, community spaces, ecologies, and embodied traditions. Grounded in the lived experiences and artistic work of these established leaders, the dialogue explores how such practices interweave to sustain cultural lineage, support revival and return, and navigate diasporic journeys. GENERATIVE DANCING #6 – Sekinin (Responsibility) Guest Speakers: Gracieuse Amah, Irihipeti Waretini and Jackie Sheppard with facilitation by Julie Ann Minaai 6pm, Tuesday 9 September Sekinin in Japanese means responsibility – It is taking care of self and others, fulfilling obligations, contributing to the community and building a better world. A roundtable / panel talk featuring Beninese, Togolese, and French community leader and choreographer Gracieuse Amah, Māori artist Irihipeti Waretini, and First Nations interdisciplinary artist Jackie Sheppard. This discussion offers insights into rituals, cultural and community practices across the arts, community spaces, ecologies, and embodied traditions. Grounded in the lived experiences and artistic work of these established leaders, the dialogue explores how such practices interweave to sustain cultural lineage, support revival and return, and navigate diasporic journeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/8548bf6a-2026-44d7-826a-fcb0801ff2ff/EIF+mix+logo.png Guest Talks & Discussions - AT HOME: RETHINKING INTERNATIONALISM I The first of our online conversations brings together industry professionals to discuss the experience of being an international artist as part of our Refuge series. Join us for the first of a two-part discussion Rethinking Internationalism, exploring what it really means to be an international artist working in the UK today. How have recent events shaped what we consider internationalism to be and who has the privilege of being considered ‘international’? The discussion will be chaired by Dr Idil Akinci-Perez, with choreographer Julie Ann Minaai, Maria Aberg, director of Projekt Europa, theatre-maker Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi and producer Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso. As part of Refuge, artists, practitioners, academics and community leaders from across the globe come together in conversation, offering their perspectives on themes of internationalism, migration, displacement, inclusion and climate justice. The Refuge series is supported by British Council, Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh and Claire and Mark Urquhart. 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Workshops consists of the use of imagery-based improvised movement ideas that encourage the participants to explore using various body parts to move in other ways. In each session, we hope to also encourage participants to enjoy movement, dance, being creative and connecting with others. She and Nikki are in the process of creating a syllabus that can be shared with other support groups and community centres. Currently, Julie is lead dance artist in teaching creative dance and mind-body centreing workshops to participants of the North Kensington Stroke Recovery Group at St. Charles’ Hospital. She has been working with them since January 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1632101742614-JE44VEWG5FQVR251PY2O/IMG_4694.jpg Work - Dance Teacher & Facilitator In November and December of 2015, Julie and Nikki Watson co-facilitated the Moving:Music Project for six weeks with participants with PMLD from TowerProject. As professional dance artists for Create, Julie and Nikki devised and delivered creative dance workshops with the outcome of a performance at the Half Moon Theatre. Participants explored imagery-based movement ideas, musical rhythms, various forms of contact, mind-body centreing exercises and the creation of a new performance work. The focus for the dance work was not only to explore movement ideas but also develop a sense of community support and teamwork. To find out more about this project, check out Julie Ann’s interview with TowerProject about the process and ideas behind the project. The participants performed the piece on 17 December 2015 as part of UK Disability History Month From the December 2015, the Moving:Music - Dance Project was such a success that support to continue the project took place. In May 2016, Julie and Nikki began working again with participants with PMLD from TowerProject to further develop the movement ideas previous explored, but in more depth. The focus for this project consisted of ways in which various contact skills used in dance can encourage participants to communicated, engage participants with one another and develop relationships. Julie and Nikki worked with the participants to create a new dance work that focused on movement memory, individual artistic voice, contact skills, communication skills and individual movement vocabulary, and the beautiful relationships between participants. There was a performance at the Half Moon Theatre on Thursday, 2 June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/87f51cfd-cd59-4dcb-b633-342d34f15c1f/2018-01-15+21.24.35+2.jpg Work - Dance Teacher & Facilitator Julie has been a facilitator for James Cousins Company's Within Her Eyes workshops for the UK's GCSE curriculum. She has also taught additional workshops to teachers. https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/work/body-double monthly 0.5 2021-10-08 https://www.julie-ann-minaai.com/work/choreographer monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/1632190806067-GSSF9FT1EUL4RMXP0IJL/Julie_Minaai_ba%2528ME%2529_3926.jpg Work - Choreographer - ba(ME) ba(ME) sheds light on an intertwined journey of being both an immigrant in the UK and a minority artist in the dance industry. The short film explores situational experiences of being a 'model immigrant / minority', and adds to a dynamic conversation on immigration and diversity in the arts. Accessibility: There are two accessible versions of ba(ME) - Audio Described version and a subtitled version. Age Recommendation: All ages Duration: 08:48mins ba(ME) was funded by Arts Council England in 2021. It has been awarded 2023 Best Short Film and Best Screenplay by Subtropic Independent Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan) and 2022 Self-Portrait Winner by International Portrait Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria). ba(ME) has been selected for screenings internationally: The Place (London, UK), besea.n’s East and South East Asian Heritage Month 2021 (London, UK), Utah Dance Film Festival 2022 (USA), Indepen-dance’s Gathered Together Festival 2022 (Glasgow, UK), Portland Dance Film Festival 2022 (Oregon, USA), INFINITY 2022 Festival (Osaka, Japan), International Portrait Film Festival 2022 (Sofia, Bulgaria), InShadow - Lisbon Screendance Festival 2022 (Lisbon, Portugal), Subtropic Independent Film Festival 2023 (Taipei, Taiwan) and Beirut International Women’s Film Festival 2023 (Beirut, Lebanon), Immigration Museum 2023 (Melbourne, Australia), FilmFest by Rogue Dancer 2023 and enCore Dance on Film 2024 (Georgia, USA). 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Through the lens of Mae Sass, five female performers are transported across evolving landscapes. The movement direction of choreographer Cathy Waller, original music composed by saxophonist Trish Clowes, and dream-like garments from womenswear designer ROBERTS|WOOD are blended into a meditative, ethereal experience. Film Credits Creative Director, Designer, Producer - Kristina Walsh Film Director, D.O.P, Editor - Mae Sass Choreographer, Movement Director - Cathy Waller Rehearsal Director - Julie Ann Minaai Music ‘Alison’ by Saxophonist + Composer - Trish Clowes with Pianist + Organist - Ross Stanley Fashion - ROBERTS|WOOD Hair + Make Up - Ellie Morris Film Assistant - Cengi Sen Production Assistant - Baani Singh Featuring - Yukiko Masui Erin Ball Sade Alleyne Vanessa Guevara Leanne Thompson Supported by Arts Council England Sarabande Foundation Kristina: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krisewalsh/ Website: https://kris-walsh.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6147d0e148b57766d6b23e64/3911df19-e516-4a3a-8785-6938d524e6ce/stormzy.jpg Work - Rehearsal Director Stormzy's BRIT Awards 2018 Performance - Blinded by Your Grace Part II to Stormzy’s calling card, Big for Your Boots. 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