Move, Listen, Connect . . . Move Forward Together.

 

Step into the Dance of Connection — a playful and creative experience designed to awaken vitality, deepen presence, and expand connection with others.

Through partner dance and non-verbal exploration, you’ll discover how to listen with your whole body, move in shared rhythm, and experience communication beyond words. Together, we bring emotions into motion, practice relational mindfulness, and cultivate joyful, authentic connection.

“As you practice moving as one, you relax and feel beautifully integrated — flowing with purpose, energy, and vitality.” — Julie

This experience is welcoming, heart-opening, and fun. All are invited. No dance experience required.

 

 DANCE AT YOUR DOORSTEP  

• Schedule your own private lesson for couples, families, and groups 
• $120 private lesson for 1-2 couples
• Email julie@move-as-one.com for more information

BENEFITS  This is more than a dance lesson. There are many jewels to experience as you breathe, move, and unify together. You can:

• Wake up your natural joy
• Shake off the old and welcome in the new
• Attune your body and heart to open and flourish 
• Nourish the “art of connection”  … 

This approach uplifts and supports people through many changes in life. Truly, it’s the best therapy for couples. We put emotions into motion, while releasing stuck energy and restoring natural rhythms. Research shows that 90% of our communication is non-verbal. 

Plus, Stanford’s 20-year research shows partner dance improves brain function by 76%, by far the highest results. 

EXPERIENCE  “Let the music in me, light the music in you.” Julie

As a professional ballroom dance instructor, my experience includes foxtrot, waltz, viennese, tango, quickstep, rumba, chacha, mambo, samba, east coast swing and two-step. 

When I began as an amateur competitor, we received multiple first place awards. I noticed my mindful movement training, including Miracle of the Breath and Qigong, contributed to a greater expression of dance. Soon, I was asked to share my love for dance with others. This inspired me to teach partner dance.

In 2004, I opened Slippers, a creative arts center in WI. Slippers was nominated main street business of the year in its first year. After moving back to the Twin Cities in 2008, I continued to teach partner dance through Retro Ballroom in St. Louis Park where I received significant training and experience. Since the summer of 2025, we are living in Loveland, Colorado. 

For years I wrote a column in the Dancing Times called “Dance Into Your Best Life”. These articles further fueled my book, Moved To Create. 

I speak often on this approach and how embodied leadership and co-creative teams improves our creative connection, leadership and teamwork. Such presentations have been within major organizations, multiple churches, wellness centers, international qigong conferences, and recently, multiple times at the Association for Energy Psychology (ACEP).