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Julie Brown (any/all pronouns) is a Boston-based blues dance teacher, DJ, choreographer, competitor, organizer, and enthusiastic student. She has been participating in blues dance since 2004 and has since gone on to teach blues dancing around the globe and won many national competitions.

As a teacher, Julie aims to help students connect with and understand blues dance’s deep roots, find their own voice, and connect to themselves & others authentically, joyfully, and respectfully. Julie has taught blues dancing in Austin, Boston, San Francisco, Seoul, London, Chicago, Zurich, and many places in between. They are grateful to have won or placed in many solo & partnered blues competitions, including at bluesSHOUT!, Blues Muse, Mile High Blues, Steel City Blues, Northstar Blues, and more.

Julie is continually reconnecting to their love of solo blues dancing, working on Chicago-style Stepping, headstands, & leading blues, as well as continuing to learn about blues history and its connections to later and present-day Black social dances & music.

For dance videos, pictures, and more info, check out https://www.julie-brown-blues-dance.com/

DJ bio

Julie Brown (any/all pronouns) has DJed many of the biggest blues dance events around the U.S. After breaking onto the national blues dance DJ scene by winning the 2009 East-Meets-West Blues DJ contest, Julie went on to DJ at Emerald City Blues, bluesSHOUT, Blues Muse, Mile High Blues, Bambloozled, Red Hot Blues & BBQ, and more. From acoustic to electric, harmonicas to horn sections, New York to West Coast, Julie digs all the blueses, as long as it's got mood and groove. Some of Julie's current favorite artists include Billie Holiday, Slim Harpo, Brianna Thomas, Memphis Slim, and B.B. King. Julie also DJs regularly in Boston, where they live, dance, and work.

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