Juliano Nunes was trained at the Brazilian Dance Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro, furthering his studies at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. He spent his dancing career with Royal Ballet of Flanders, Leipzig Opera Ballet, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart Gauthier Dance, working with such choreographers as William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Yuri Grigorovich, Akram Kahn, among others.

Juliano is now a full-time freelance choreographer, receiving critical acclaim for his work. He has created pieces for the Royal Ballet in London, Nederlands Dans Theatre 2, Acosta Danza, Pennsylvania Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, Ballet Zürich Opera House, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Staatstheater Hannover, Origen Festival Cultural, and Teatro San Carlo. Juliano has also choreographed for the 2020 Netflix series, "Tiny Pretty Things”.