Julia painting in her studio, surrounded by other paintings and props.

Each Page is a Stage

Maui-based artist and dancer Julia Allisson Cost details the process of painting her picture book, "The Girl and the Boat," and how she experienced the process as similar to choreographing.

November 4, 2024 | Read Article

Three dancers kneel in three adjacent outdoor doorways, all with one arm raised.

Capturing the World on Canvas

Julia Cost, a painter, textile designer, sewist, dancer, and maker of all kinds based in Maui, Hawai'i, captures the world on canvas.

July 3, 2023 | Read Article

Iterations of Being a Dancer

Julia Cost, a dancer, painter, and textile designer in Maui, recounts the various iterations of "making it" she's experienced pursuing dance.

September 6, 2021 | Read Article

The Way She Fits

Happy National Poetry Month from Stance on Dance! POETRY AND ARTWORK BY JULIA COST The way she fits. The perfection. Settled on my forearm, my hand supporting her thigh. Her face tucked under my chin. Her breath gentle on my neck. My cheek against her forehead. Her ear on my […]

April 9, 2015 | Read Article