Julia Croft
{{Short description|New Zealand performance artist}}
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Julia Croft is a New Zealand performance artist.{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Viva|title=This Creative Duo Are Building Their Own Feminist Future Through Theatre – Viva|url=https://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/julia-croft-nisha-madhan-basement-theatre-art-week/|access-date=4 June 2021|website=www.viva.co.nz|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=3 March 2019|title=Julia Croft|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018684898/julia-croft|access-date=4 June 2021|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}{{Cite web|last=Brooks|first=Sam|date=7 March 2019|title=What a feminist future could look like: Julia Croft on working on her night moves|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/07-03-2019/what-a-feminist-future-could-look-like-julia-croft-on-working-on-her-night-moves/|access-date=4 June 2021|website=The Spinoff}}
Biography
Croft grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2008 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting).{{Cite web|title=Graduate|url=https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz}}{{Cite web|date=26 January 2018|title=Julia Croft Strips the Layers Off Sexual Stereotypes – Arts, News, Theatre|url=https://www.nzedge.com/news/julia-croft-strips-the-layers-off-sexual-stereotypes/|access-date=4 June 2021|website=NZEDGE|language=en-US}} She also completed a bachelor's degree in English and theatre at the University of Canterbury. Croft has also trained at L’Ecole Philippe Gaullier in Paris, France.{{Cite web|title=Julia Croft|url=https://indianink.co.nz/cast-and-crew/julia-croft/|access-date=4 June 2021|website=Indian Ink}}
In 2017 she and Nisha Madhan co-created a live art act called Power Ballad, which won Best Performer and Best Live Art at the Auckland Fringe Festival and the Discovery Award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.{{Cite web|title=POWER BALLAD|url=http://zanetti-productions.com/power-ballad|access-date=4 June 2021|website=Zanetti Productions|language=en-US}}
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Category:Entertainers from Auckland