Julie Lowe

Julie Lowe, Guest Instructor

Julie Lowe has danced and taught professionally for over 20 years. As a Principal Ballerina with the Oakland Ballet Company, she toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe, performing many of the company’s leading roles, and working alongside luminaries of the dance world.

As both a ballroom dance instructor, and as Director of the Ballet Program at the Metronome Dance Center in San Francisco, she has successfully bridged the worlds of ballet and ballroom, providing dancers the opportunity to enhance their technical and artistic skills in both dance forms. As Artistic Director of the Metronome’s acclaimed Summer Showcase, she was instrumental in bringing that production to the Cowell Theater stage where it has played to sold-out audiences for the past six years. Many of today’s top competitive and professional dance couples have worked with Julie, including Six-Time U.S. Finalists, David & Valentina Weise, 2005 U.S. Rising Star Latin Champions, Vaidas Skimelis & Jurga Pupelyte, and West Coast Swing National Finalists, Arjay Centeno & Melissa Rutz.

Julie’s association with Diane Jarmolow, Founder and Director of the Ballroom Dance Teachers College, began in 2000. Since that time she has continued to be inspired and educated by Diane’s innovative and effective teaching methods.

Julie enjoys teaching students of all levels, from beginners to professionals. Her teaching philosophy is to create a safe, fun, and nurturing environment where students can expand and achieve their dance goals.