Instructor/Adjunct Faculty Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
Joe started dancing through Trinity Laban and the Royal Ballet’s Chance to Dance and Junior Associate programs. He then went on to train at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and at the San Francisco Ballet School. Joe has danced professionally with BalletMet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Charlottesville Ballet, and Charlottesville Opera. Joe has performed leading roles in works by internationally renowned choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, George Balanchine, Penny Saunders, Agnes DeMille, Edwaard Liang, Yury Yanowsky, Ben Stevenson, Ma Cong, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Val Caniparoli, and Jennifer Archibald, among others. Joe has taught dance and yoga across the United States and United Kingdom. When not dancing or teaching dance, Joe loves to teach and practice yoga, and to spend time with his wife and their 5 cats.