We are so proud of our dancers who have trained at Juline and have continued on to have professional careers and collegiate pathways in dance. Jonathan Teague Applegate was born in Modesto, California.
He began his training at Juline School of Dance at the age of seven. At sixteen, he was accepted into the San Francisco Ballet School, and spent a year in the school before spending two years in the professional training program under the direction of Patrick Armand.
After concluding his training, he was offered an apprentice contract with the San Francisco Ballet under direction of Helgi Tomasson, and spent one year there before joining Tulsa Ballet II in He has worked with choreographers such as Alexei Ratmansky, Yuri Posshokov, and Helgi Tomasson, performing in several of their ballets while with the company.
Without the work and help of JSD, Teague says he knows his dreams never would have come to fruition, much less have even begun in the first place. Teague believes JSD continues to be a stable and mindful place to cultivate the talent in young dancers.
Naleah Dey fell in love with performing while at Juline School of Dance. She grew up living in the studio and waited every year in anticipation for The Nutcracker and Annual JSD Recital for her chance to be on stage. When she was 16 years old Naleah auditioned for the prestigious Broadway Theater Project under the direction of Ann Reinking and was accepted.
