Crothers, who graduated with a bachelor of fine arts in dance and choreography, and a bachelor of arts in arts administration, returned to campus in 2017 to offer two masterclasses for Elon dance students.
Dance Magazine has named 2014 Elon graduate Julie Crothers to its annual “25 to Watch” list featuring dancers, choreographers and dance companies that are “up-and-coming artists we believe are ready to take our field by storm.”
Crothers, an Elon College Fellow, graduated from Elon with a bachelor of fine arts in dance performance and choreography and a bachelor of arts in arts administration. Dance Magazine notes that after three years with Oakland, California’s AXIS Dance Company, Crothers set out on her own in 2017. That year, Crothers also returned to Elon to lead two masterclasses and discuss her career with dance students.
From the Dance Magazine profile:
“With a penchant for both the heartfelt and the hilarious, Julie Crothers is taking the San Francisco Bay Area by storm with her autobiographical solos. ‘I like to make people laugh and then cry,’ she says. ‘I want to encourage audiences to look inward and feel more connected.’ Whether she’s regaling them with the romantic escapades of her beloved grandmother or winding her way through a tiny glass menagerie—her comfort items from childhood—Crothers has an uncanny knack for appealing to her audience’s sense of humor, compassion and curiosity.”
Dance Magazine notes that Crothers is a congenital amputee, and began using a prosthetic arm when she was five months old, but during her time at Elon stopped using the prosthetic.
“I want to encourage audiences to look at the things that make them different and see how that’s something you can own, claim, declare and utilize for good.”
Julie Crothers
She told the magazine, “I want to encourage audiences to look at the things that make them different and see how that’s something you can own, claim, declare and utilize for good.”
View the entire list here.