Julie Ann Joyner

Julie Ann Joyner joined the Norwegian National Ballet II in autumn 2024, after one year as the Prix de Lausanne dancer with The Royal Ballet. 

American Joyner (b. 2005) is from Atlanta, Georgia and started dancing three years old at the Buford School of Ballet. She trained at the commercial dance studio Dance Arts Center in Suwanee, Georgia for seven years, before beginning her formal ballet education at The International School of Ballet. 

Joyner has competed in numerous ballet competitions worldwide. She was awarded the Grand Prix Award, Fernando Bujones Memorial Award, and Gold Medal at the American Dance Competition IBC Finals in 2021–2023, the Grand Prix Award at World Ballet Competition in 2022, the Legacy Award at the Universal Ballet Competition in 2021–2023, the Silver Medal at the YAGP 2023 Season Finals, the Bronze Medal at the XII USA IBC, and the Maurice Bejart Foundation prize and Rudolf Nureyev Best Young Talent prize at the Prix de Lausanne in 2023. 

About the future, Joyner says: “One of my biggest dreams is to share my love for this art form with the world, through my dancing. I wish to dance many roles professionally with this incredible company!”