Julianna Veling is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director. Growing up in San Diego, California, she trained in contemporary, ballet, lyrical, jazz and several other genres. At 15-years-old Julianna began choreographing for her home studio, North County Academy of Dance. Since then, she has choreographed numerous pieces for NCAD’s award-winning competition team. Julianna’s unique combination of movement and musicality have gained recognition and been awarded many prizes, both nationally and internationally.

Julianna has trained under several renowned companies, choreographers and organizations. Beginning in 2024, she began training with Salt Contemporary Dance in their second company. Julianna constantly absorbs new information from all these places and people to help inspire her work. She has experience with competition pieces, production performances and directing dance films.