About Julie Baggenstoss

Julie Baggenstoss is a flamenco dancer and instructor who gives classes to adults and children in metro Atlanta. In her classes, you can expect Julie to explain musical rhythms, dance steps, and the connection between the dance and the music. 

Julie has studied dance for over 25 years, with training in ballet, tap, jazz and precision dance. She added flamenco to her repertoire in 1997, under the instruction of Teresa Romero Torkanowsky in New Orleans. Julie continued her flamenco training under Ulrika Frank in Atlanta and at the Manuel Betanzos flamenco academy in Seville, Spain. Her dancing style is greatly influenced by Frank & Betanzos, as well as Seville teachers Soraya Clavijo and Manuela Reyes.  

Julie is an independent performing artist.  She has performed with internationally renowned flamenco artist Antonio Vargas, singer Chayito Champión, and guitarist John Lawrence. She is a teaching artist with Young Audiences and  has performed in Georgia with Atlanta Flamenco Productions.  Julie has appeared at Atlanta's Music Midtown, Techbridge's Digital Ball, the University of Georgia and in several theatrical productions.

Julie is a teaching specialist at  Emory University and gives public classes at Several Dancers Core. She is a former instructor of children and adults at the Atlanta Ballet.  She has lectured at the Rialto Center for Performing Arts and given workshops for the Fulton County Library System and Georgia Tech University.