Event: New Seeds Festival 2011
Artist: Yulia Arakelyan
Genre: Musician
Lineup: Friday, March 30, 2011
Saturday, March 31, 2011
From 2004-2005 Ms. Arakelyan trained with CandoCo Dance Company in
London, England as part of their Foundation Course in Dance. In 2007,
Yulia was the first wheelchair user to graduate from the University of
Washington with a BA in Dance. Some of her most influential teachers
are: Sheri Brown, Mizu Desierto, Jurg Koch, Miguel Gutierrez, Natsu
Nakajima, Katsura Kan, and Yukio Suzuki. Yulia has performed with
various people in various locations such as Performance Works NW, Lilian
Baylis Studio Theatre (UK), Long Distance Project, Impetus Arts, VSA
Vision Gallery, University of Washington, Polaris Dance Center, The
Headwaters and Scratch PDX. In 2009, Yulia was invited to present on the
Education and Training Panel at the National Summit on Careers in the
Arts for People with Disabilities at the Kennedy Center in Washington,
DC. Along with partner Erik Ferguson, Yulia founded Wobbly Dance – a
multidisciplinary performance project based in Portland, OR.
