Julia Feldman

Julia Feldman received her training under Pamela Hayes of Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet and began her professional career with the Sacramento Ballet in 2011. During her tenure with the company, she has danced principal and featured roles in works by George Balanchine, Ma Cong, Ron Cunningham, Jodie Gates, Adam Hougland, Gabrielle Lamb, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Penny Saunders, Amy Seiwert, Septime Webre, Val Caniparoli, Stefan Calka, Rex Wheeler, Jermaine Spivey, Nicole Haskins, and Melissa Barak, among others. Highlights have included performing Mina in Michael Pink’s Dracula, the Principal Pas de Deux in Balanchine’s Apollo, the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, the Principal Pas de Deux in Balanchine’s Agon, the Principal Female in Penny Saunders’ Ghostlight, Ophelia in Stephen Mills’ Hamlet, Adam Hougland’s Cigarettes, the central pas de deux in Ma Cong’s Bloodrush, and the central pas de deux in Jodie Gates’ Keep Me Wishing in the Dark.

Feldman discovered her passion for choreography through the Sacramento Ballet’s annual Beer and Ballet program, creating a new work annually since 2012. In 2019, she was selected for the National Choreographer’s Initiative in Irvine, California, under the direction of Molly Lynch. In 2021, she was one of three choreographers commissioned to co-create a new Nutcracker for the Sacramento Ballet under Artistic Director Anthony Krutzkamp. The following year, she was selected for the New York City Ballet’s New York Choreographic Institute, directed by Adrian Danchig-Waring. Her first full-work commission for the Sacramento Ballet, Hearts, premiered in 2022, followed by Pockets of Light in 2025, with a third new work premiering this season as part of the triple bill program Connections. In 2026, she will debut a new work with Smuin Contemporary Ballet, led by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert.

In 2015, Feldman co-founded Capital Dance Project (CDP), a collective of professional dancers based in Sacramento dedicated to creating world premiere works in collaboration with local visual artists and musicians. She has created ten works for CDP to date and has played an integral role in shaping the company’s mission, management, and creative vision behind its Behind the Barre and Digital Series programming.