Juliana was trained in Gymnastics, Ballet and later on in Circus Arts. She has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. In São Paulo, she was one of the founders and performers of the company Cenica Nau de Icaros, winning several prizes in their Circus-Theatre productions. In 1997, she was chosen to represent Brazil at the American Dance Festival in the International Choreographers Residency Program, where she studied with David Dorfman, Lisa Race and David Zambrano and also performed with Choreographer Maria Rovira. Back home in 1998, Juliana joined Quasar Companhia de Danca of Henrique Rodovalho, which she left to join Cirque du Soleil as one of the principal characters of their production "Dralion". She originated her part and performed 1001 shows over 3 years. Juliana created the aerial pas–de-deux act on silks together with aerial coach Andre Simard. This act and her solo act, also on silks, were between the highlights of "Dralion" and acclaimed by the critics.

Coming to Europe in 2002, she worked with Philippe Decouflé, and later joined Les Ballets C. de la B. Since then, she has been working and touring with director Alain Platel. She was a dancer and aerial acrobat in "Wolf" (2003) and "pitié!" (2008). She co-directed the project "Gamma" with Alain Platel in 2004 and assisted him in "vsprs "(2006) during the two year long tour.

Juliana has performed her solo act and taught workshops in many countries, such as: China, Italy, Holland, Belgium, USA, Brazil. She is a guest teacher at Circus Juventas/USA, Nau de Icaros, Linhas Aereas/Brazil and ESAC in Brussels.