Flamenco dancer Julie Galle Baggenstoss is known nationally for her work on stage and in educational projects involving Spanish artists. Close to her home of Atlanta, she has performed and choreographed flamenco with the Atlanta Opera, Georgia State University’s School of Music, Woodruff Arts Center, The Latin American Association, Coves Darden P.R.E., and at universities and museums from the Southeast to the Midwest. She teaches flamenco in the Dance and Movement Studies Program at Emory University. Julie is a former instructor of the Atlanta Ballet, and currently teaches flamenco as part of arts integration for organizations, including as Fulton County Schools, Arts and Science Council, the Foreign Language Association of Georgia, and Georgia Public Libraries.
Julie is the executive director of A Través, 501c3, which founded the Atlanta Flamenco Festival and La Feria ATLANTA, bringing the city to a list of major metropolitan regions presenting international artists in local series. She opened the production company, Berdolé, as she began presenting Spanish flamenco artists in performance and education in 2012. Before that, Julie was the co-founder of jaleolé, a grass-roots marketing organization that shaped Atlanta’s Flamenco landscape for a decade.