Julius Began His Dance Training During His Time As a Collegiate Basketball Player in Seattle, Wa
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Julius began his dance training during his time as a collegiate basketball player in Seattle, Wa. He quickly transitioned into the dance industry and began training and dancing with performing arts groups in the Seattle area. Julius moved to Los Angeles in 2005 to pursue a professional career where he trained with LA’s elite teachers and choreographers, booking his first music video in 2006 with Nelly Furtado (“Maneater”). His carer was jump started when he toured with Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) in 2006. In 2007, he performed in Rihanna’s music video “Umbrella” and soon thereafter booked Rihanna’s “Good Girl Gone Bad” World Tour. He toured internationally with Rihanna for the next three years with the highlight being Kanye West’s “Glow In The Dark Tour.” Julius has performed in multiple award shows such as the MTV music awards, VMAs, Grammys, and the World Music Awards. He has appeared in many music videos, including “Shut Up and Drive” as a lead actor and “Please Don't Stop the Music” as a lead dancer. During this time, Julius also performed with Chris Brown and toured with him in Australia. In late 2009, he was reunited with Miley Cyrus for her “Party in the USA” music video and booked her “Wonder World” tour. Julius has also worked on multiple TV shows including Canadian Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, BET’s 106th and Park, and Melrose Place as a lead dancer with Taryn Manning. After taking a few years off from dance, in 2015 he booked the movie “Ghostbusters” and most recently was a dancer for the TV show “Maya and Marty” in 2016. Along with dancing, Julius has had his hand in choreography as well. He was an assistant choreographer for Germany’s Next Top Model and was a contributing choreographer for Keisha Cole, Rihanna, Marques Houston, and the 21st Annual Soul Train Music Awards. Julius feels it is a true blessing he was able to have a career in dance, even though he was a late bloomer. He is thankful he was able to travel the world performing, and is gratified to be able to give back to the dance community. .