Julia Cooper began in Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Canyon Concert Ballet Company member. She gained her BFA from The University of Wyoming and has studied with companies such as American Repertory Theatre, Trey McIntyre Project, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe Woodberry, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. During her time in New York she performed with Ballet Inc and Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre at a variety of venues, including Battery Dance Festival. She is now pursuing her MFA at the University of Iowa.