Julie Troost is a theater and dance artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. Julie’s movement-theater work, often site-specific, is process-oriented and created through collaboration with the performers. Her work explores issues of political and social relevance. Original works include "Assimilated,""Congregation," "FrEdem," "one long, slow day," "Farewell," "You Are Here," and "Zero4one3two2three1four0."

Julie has choreographed for film and theater, directed radio plays and one-person shows. Her site-specific work has been shown at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, fashion designer Shelley Steffee’s store, an East Village garden, and in Edy Ferguson’s film, "I'm Still in my Underwear" for the group art show, Song Poems. In 2005, she was chosen by her peers to showcase her piece, "Congregation," in the GoTour RoadShow at P.S. 122.

Julie is a graduate of Northwestern University where she studied under Mary Zimmerman, Billy Siegenfeld, and Brian Jeffery with a focus in Theater, Dance, and Psychology. Continued studies and influences include Anne Bogart's Viewpoints, Suzuki, Butoh, Klein, Alexander, improvisation, and contact improvisation. As a modern dancer, Julie has performed for Jill Sigman, Jennifer Nugent, Billy Siegenfeld, Rebecca Lazier, Ann Robideaux, and Alexx Shilling (The Sun is Over the Yardarm on Pier 63’s Frying Pan) and Noemie LaFrance (in Agora II at the McCarren Park pool). She has acted in numerous theater productions, including Funhouse, directed by Daniel Kramer. She is an Artistic Associate of the Monarch Theater Company where she works as a director and performer in physical theater and radio plays. She also teaches movement, voice, and ensemble work to actors at the Professional Performing Arts High School in Manhattan.