Joshua Beamish / BALLET
A+B level, C level
Joshua Beamish’s ballet classes are inspired by the teaching style of his mentor Wilhelm Burmann, himself a member of Ballet Frankfurt and New York City Ballet. Employing principles of opposition in the service of elongation and efficiency, Beamish’s class is shaped by his American-style training and his choreographic collaborations with prominent New York City artists such as Wendy Whelan, Associate Artistic Director of New York City Ballet.
BIOGRAPHY
Joshua Beamish founded MOVETHECOMPANY in 2005 and his works have since extensively toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Outside of the company, he has created in collaboration with The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Dutch National/Het Nationale Ballet Junior Company, Cape Town Opera, Vancouver Opera, Toronto Dance Theatre, Ballet Kelowna, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, among others.
Joshua choreographed for the CBC Radio Canada reality series Ils Dansent, the Opening Ceremonies of the 2011 International Children’s Winter Games, the Cultural Olympiads for both the 2010 and the 2012 Olympics and with Cirque du Soleil for World EXPO Shanghai.
Notable recent presentations include BAM Next Wave Festival, The Joyce Theater in New York, The Royal Opera House in London, Princeton University, London’s The Place, New York’s Guggenheim Museum, a Jacob’s Pillow world premiere, a Fire Island Dance Festival Commission, Chicago’s The Harris Theater and Chicago Dancing Festival, ArtScape Opera House South Africa, among others.
Joshua was a founding member of The Joyce Theater’s Young Leader’s Circle Committee and an inaugural Artist-in-Residence at The Joyce Theater’s Choreographic Center at Gibney Dance.
More: https://joshuabeamish.com/