Julie Dind is a butoh dancer, a multidisciplinary artist, and a PhD candidate in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University. Her artistic and scholarly work autistically explores autistic modes of performance. She dedicated over a decade to the study of butoh, both in Japan and abroad. Since 2012, she collaborates with Rolf Gerstlauer on an a(u/r)tistic research-creation project titled “Drawing NN Inside Butoh.” As part of this collaboration, she has performed internationally in over 40 site-specific performances. Her work has been presented at various locations, including Sørlandsutsillingen (Norway), The Invisible Dog (New York) and Ós Textile Residency (Iceland).