Julie Diana Hench[1] (born 1976 or 1977[2]) is an American ballet dancer, teacher, writer and arts administrator.
[2][3] In 2008, Diana graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English.
[2] Her repertory with the two companies also included full-length classics and works by George Balanchine, Kenneth MacMillan, John Cranko, Helgi Tómasson, William Forsythe, Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon and Nacho Duato.
Diana, who had suffered from chronic hip injury since 2007, considered giving her final performance in Swan Lake the following year, but thought she would be physically unable to do so, and believed After the Rain "would be a perfect way to retire.
[8] In 2015, she left Pennsylvania Ballet to serve as the executive director of Alaska-based Juneau Dance Theatre, having previously taught a master class there.
Her husband and former Pennsylvania Ballet principal dancer Zachary Hench served as artistic director.