Julie Arenal Biography ((?)-)
Daughter of Luis (an artist) and Rose (a teacher and writer; maiden name, Beagle) Arenal; married Barry Primus (an actor and director); children: one daughter.
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Choreographer, director, dancer
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Choreographer
- Hair (also known as Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical), Biltmore Theatre, New York City, then Shaftsbury Theatre, London, both1968
- Indians, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1969-1970
- Isabel's a Jezebel, Duchess Theatre, London, 1970
- Gun Play, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1971
- Siamese Connection, Ann Arbor, MI, 1971
- Hunger and Thirst, Berkshire Theatre Festival, NY, 1972
- 2008 1/2, New York City, 1974
- Butterfinger's Angel, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, 1974, revived1978
- Boccacio, Edison Theatre, New York City, 1975
- Free to Be You and Me, 1976
- Hair (also known as Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical), Biltmore Theatre, 1977
- I Took Panama, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, New York City, 1977
- The Sun Always Shines for the Cool, New York City, 1979
- Funny Girl, Toho Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1979-1980
- Porgy and Bess, New York City Opera Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Also choreographed Marat/Sade, Theatre Company of Boston, Loeb Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
- Ballet Choreographer
- Fiesta, Ballet Hispanico, New York City, 1972
- A Puerto Rican Soap Opera, Ballet Hispanico, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1973
- A Private Circus, New York Dance Ensemble, New York City, 1975
- An Afternoon of Music and Dance, New York Dance Ensemble, 1976
- Doing Dances for Broadway, Library of the Performing Arts, LincolnCenter Theatre, New York City, 1977
- The Referee, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA, 1977
- El Arbito, Alicia Alonso's Ballet Nacional de Cuba, 1978
- Hair, American Dance Machine, New York City, 1979
- Director and choreographer, On the Move, Spoleto Festival, Italy,then New York Express Company Theatre, New York City, 1984
- The City, Spoleto Festival, then New York Express Company Theatre,1984
- Stage Director
- (With others) Isabel's a Jezebel, Duchess Theatre, London, 1970
- Funny Girl, Toho Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1979-1980
- Dog Lady, INTAR Theatre, New York City, 1983
- On the Move (ballet), Spoleto Festival, Italy, then New York Express Company Theatre, New York City, 1984
- The City (ballet), Spoleto Festival, then New York Express CompanyTheatre, 1984
- Film Choreographer
- King of the Gypsies, Paramount, 1978
- Four Friends (also known as Georgia's Friends), Orion Pictures, 1980
- Soup for One, Warner Bros., 1981
- Once Upon a Time in America, 1982
- Winning a Better Life, MCA, 1982
- Steal Big, Steal Little, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
- Great Expectations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- Film Work
- Other
- Affiliated with the film Mistress, Rainbow Releasing, 1992.
- Film Appearances
- Beat Street, Orion Pictures, 1983
- Television Choreographer
- Gypsy Fever, ABC, 1978
- Song of Taste, 1982
- Self Control, MTV, 1984
- Breakout, 1984