Julie Peoples-Clark, originally from Baltimore, MD, has been a go-go dancer in a cage in a night club, a showgirl in Atlantic City, a backup dancer, a magician’s assistant, a teeny bopper in 3 John Waters’ films, a tap dancing book on television, a hoofer on 42nd Street, a tribe member with lots of Hair and a professional modern dancer. Her spoken word, choreographic work and SoulStories® somatic workshops have been presented though out the United States and abroad. She created and facilitated dance programs for D.A.R.E. America, the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s Educational Foundation, Champlain Valley Services’ Adult and Youth Bridging Programs and UVM’s Liberal Arts in Prison Program. Julie is certified in Peak Pilates and holds over 2000 hours of yoga certifications including Goddess Yoga Flow, Bikram Yoga and Yoga for the Special Child. She hold a 200 hour integration certification in Ayurvedic medicine from the Ayurvedic Center of Vermont. She is well versed in the work of Rudolf Laban, Irmgard Bartenieff and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s Body-Mind Centering. Julie is an Artist in Residence/Full Time Lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Vermont. Her areas of expertise are Contemporary Dance, Musical Theatre Dance,Somatics, Yoga and Pilates. Most importantly, she is a mother to an angel, Ella the Great and an incredibly active young boy Emanuel Blessing.
Peoples-Clark performs with an especially pleasing quality weighty and fluid, like melted caramel.
The Washington Post
Peoples-Clark performs bravely, knowingly with a heated sultriness rarely seen in modern dance.
New York Times
Peoples-Clark’s choreography, dissects bodies when they are apart and makes them whole again when they join as a couple.
Dance Magazine
Julie Peoples-Clark was so magical, transcendent and soulful, it felt almost like if we breathed too hard she might disappear. So we sat still in our seats, leaning forward into the beauty that she was creating. Thank you for coming to L.A. and giving us the gift of your work. You inspired me beyond words.
Megan Dolan Wingate, LA Times