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