Acclaimed Performance Artist Sara Juli (she/her) has been creating and performing innovative comedic dance-theater for over 24 years. She has been fortunate to tour venues worldwide including American Dance Festival, Dixon Place, Performance Space New York, The Chocolate Factory, New York Live Arts, Judson Church,TEDxDirigo, Bates Dance Festival, Bowdoin College, Connecticut College, SPACE Gallery, 3S Artspace, Capital Center for the Arts, Napa Valley Opera House, Artown Festival (NV), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Noorderzon Festival (The Netherlands), Chelsea Theatre (London), Aotea Centre (New Zealand), TSEH (Russia) and many more. Her work has been commissioned by American Dance Festival, Performance Space 122, Dixon Place, SPACE Gallery, Portland Ovations, and The Strand Theatre (ME). Sara has received funding from Maine Arts Commission, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts Expeditions, New England Dance Fund, NEST Touring Grants, and the prestigious National Dance Project in 2019-2022. She was the 2017 Maine Fellow for the Performing Arts awarded by the Maine Arts Commission. Sara is the Founder/Director of Surala Consulting, a fundraising consultancy helping non-profits and artists build and execute fundraising strategies. She was awarded the Arts Management Award from Brooklyn Arts Exchange in 2013, and is an advisor to the grantees of The Boston Foundation’s Next Steps and LAB Grant Programs. Sara is an Affiliated Artist of Bates College and taught “Business of the Arts” at Williams College in January 2024. She lives in Falmouth, Maine, on the traditional lands of the Wabanaki people, with her husband and two children. www.sarajuli.com @sarajulimoves