Julie Walters
Julie Janus Walters was chosen by Robert Joffrey to join the Joffrey Ballet in 1982
where she was a leading dancer for more than a decade. She has been featured in
performances around the world as well as on national and international television. She
was also a Principal Dancer with Atlanta Ballet and a Principal Guest Artist with the
National Ballet of Iceland. Julie is Assistant Professor Emerita of the Practice of Dance
at Duke University. She was an instructor of ballet at UNC-Chapel Hill for 10 years prior
to her Duke appointment. She has been a guest teacher for many professional
companies and training organizations including the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Random
Dance Company, Joffrey Ballet School, Princeton Ballet School, North Carolina Dance
Theatre School, Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, and Regional Dance
America. Julie was Assistant Director of the Ruth S. Shur Carolina Ballet Summer
Intensive during its early years and has performed as a Guest Artist with Carolina Ballet
in Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Cinderella and Sleeping beauty. She has taught on
faculty at the Ballet School of Chapel Hill since 1998 and joined as a Partner in 2000.
She is a certified GYROKINESIS® and GYROTONIC® Instructor.