Join Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager for a free, live intermediate/advanced ballet technique class you can join from home. Let's #keepdancing!
Saturdays | 2:00-3:00pm Central Time
Presented by Ballet 5:8 and Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts
Classical ballet experience and attire is recommended.
Free and open to the public via Facebook.com/ballet58
Meet the Instructor
Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Julianna Rubio Slager is originally from Spring Arbor, Michigan. Slager began her dance training with Mrs. Lori Ladwig and went on to study under notable teachers from Ann Arbor Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, the Vaganova Academy and Puerto Rican National Ballet. Slager enjoyed dancing under Barbara Smith at Greater Lansing Ballet during her training, and also under Kathy Thibodeaux and Sol Maisonet at Ballet Magnificat. Upon moving to Chicago, Slager had the opportunity to work as freelance artist, teacher and choreographer in the Greater Chicago area. Slager was instrumental in the co-founding of Ballet 5:8 in 2012. Beginning in 2014, Ballet 5:8 began touring nationally, bringing Slager's critically acclaimed ballets such as The Space in Between, Scarlet and Compass to audiences across the nation. Slager is a groundbreaking figure within the ballet industry, as one of the few Mexican-American Artistic Directors and Resident Choreographers of professional ballet companies in the world. She hopes that her leadership and creative work at Ballet 5:8 will pave the way for other women and minorities in professional ballet.
Slager has been invited to teach at over 50 schools across the nation as a Master Teacher during her tenure with Ballet 5:8 and has enjoyed training and mentoring several generations of aspiring artists at Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts. She has had the joy of watching her students gain admittance into many prestigious programs, including the Miami City Ballet, the Kirov Academy, Pittsburg Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, Washington Ballet, Joffrey Ballet Trainee Program, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Ellison Ballet, School of American Ballet, and others.