Julia Crawford

Julia Crawford

Julia Crawford is a dance educator and therapeutic movement practitioner based in Philadelphia, PA. She has a Master of Arts Degree from Eastern University in Urban Studies: Arts in Transformation where she received an Outstanding Thesis award. She graduated cum laude from Temple University with a BFA in dance where she received the BFA outstanding dance performance award. She is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Dance Department at Eastern University, teaching the practice and history of dance as a form of sacred expression, as well as holistic development teaching methods. She is also currently in her sixth year of directing the dance program at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding high school. She is a teaching artist and trainer for BuildaBridge International, working with Bhutanese refugee children in South Philadelphia, as well as children in underserved communities in Northeast Philadelphia. She also currently works with children of migrant workers in the outlying Philadelphia area using dance to develop a sense of belonging and purpose. She has also worked as a teaching artist in an arts-integrated early-childhood program using dance to support academic learning and has worked with older adults using dance to support and build community. She has worked with survivors of sexual violence in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo and Bangkok, Thailand using the power of the arts and specifically movement for fostering hope and healing.