Julia Sprung is a native of Montclair, New Jersey. She started digging deeper into her dance training and attended Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts intensives and the Abraham.In.Motion intensives. During these intensives, she worked with and performed pieces by professional choreographers including Earl Mosley, Rennie Harris, Darrell Moultrie, Deborah Wingert, Meredith Rainey, Beatrice Capote, Heidi Cruz-Austin, Juan Carlos Panuela, Ferdinand DeJesus, Sheryl Pollard Thomas, among many others. She attended the Rutgers Summer Dance Conservatory program, and decided she wanted to continue her dance training in a higher education, university setting. Sprung was accepted into and attended Mason Gross School of the Arts as a B.F.A. dance major, where she graduated from in May 2018. During her undergraduate experience, she was able to explore her artistry and work with many faculty teachers and guest choreographers. Sprung has also performed works set on the dance students by Brian Brooks, John Evans, and Keith Thompson.
Sprung has obtained her Master’s degree in Dance Education (K-12) from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education 5-year program in May 2019. During this program, she has completed multiple hours of observations and fieldwork at various public schools in New Jersey, and her student teaching internship at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. In addition teaching, she obtained her Om Factory 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Certification, Polestar Pilates Mat certification (Level 1 and Level 2) and Reformer certification, and NAFC Group Fitness certification. Sprung has worked as a personal trainer and group fitness, yoga, and Pilates instructor at various facilities including the Rutgers Recreational gyms, New York Sports Clubs, Real Body Fit, and more. Sprung currently works as a dance teacher in the Union City public school district at Union Hill Middle School. She has a passion for health and wellness, nutrition, physical fitness, and social justice and is currently pursuing to further her education in these fields of expertise.
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