Press Release: Dance Umbrella announces new Executive Director

[Jan McNulty]

JULIA GLAWE ANNOUNCED AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DANCE UMBRELLA

Dance Umbrella, London’s leading festival of international dance, has today announced the appointment of Julia Glawe as new Executive Director.  Julia was previously Executive Director of Milwaukee Ballet, Senior Vice President and Director of the Dance Division at IMG Artists in New York and founded The Glawe Group.   She will take over as Executive Director of Dance Umbrella from Anu Giri who has stepped down after 5 years.

 

Julia Glawe said, of the new appointment: ‘I am looking forward to working with Dance Umbrella’s talented team to advance its goals.  DU has always been on the forefront of presenting contemporary dance, and it is truly an honour to be part of this organization.’

 

Emma Gladstone, Dance Umbrella Artistic Director and CEO, said: ‘It’s great to have Julia joining us at such an exciting time for Dance Umbrella. She brings with her a wealth of dance knowledge, management experience and development skills and we are truly looking forward to her joining the team.’

 

Julia Glawe is the founder of The Glawe Group, a company which provides strategic planning and interim leadership to individual artists and arts organisations.  Recently she was the Executive Director of Milwaukee Ballet, where she spearheaded the organisation’s capital campaign for a new home.  She was Senior Vice President and Director of the Dance Division at IMG Artists in New York and in London.  During her 16-year tenure with the company, the dance roster expanded to include the Bolshoi Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Nederland Dans Theater, and many others. Julia has served on the boards of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) and the Western Arts Alliance (WAA). In 2009, she received WAA’s Leadership Award, its highest honor, for artistic excellence and distinguished leadership.  In 2013, she was named the founding Chair of WAA’s CODA Council.  She has been a guest speaker for Carnegie Mellon University, Dance/USA, Juilliard, Purchase College, and the Shanghai International Festival.

 

Dance Umbrella are soon to announce the 2019 festival.

 

-ENDS-

 

NOTES TO EDITORS 

About Dance Umbrella
Dance Umbrella is London’s international Dance festival. We shine a light on new choreography every October, sharing memorable shows from around the world with audiences across the capital. 

 

We are committed to taking dance out and bringing audiences in by touring in inner and outer London, broadening definitions of contemporary dance, and developing partnerships with non-dance venues and organisations such as The Big Draw, National Theatre, Battersea Power Station and local councils.

 

Founded in 1978, Dance Umbrella has reached audiences of well over a million people. Pioneering commissions by world class choreographers have been presented at sites ranging from the Royal Albert Hall and inner city rooftops, to Tate Modern and outer London parks.  Emma Gladstone was appointed Artistic Director & Chief Executive in 2013, and in addition to the festival, Dance Umbrella now runs digital projects, creative learning schemes and professional development programmes throughout the year.