Josh Kolberg is an award winning ballet teacher and dancer. He received professional training from the Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, renowned Patricia Barker, and while at the Royal Danish Ballet School in Copenhagen he studied under Nikolaj Hübbe & Henning Albrechtsen. While his roots lay in ballet, Josh has had experiences within musical theatre as well. Josh toured the U.S. as a featured dancer and understudy with the 2015 National tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and is currently in the midst of his fourth season as a dancer at the Connecticut Ballet Company where he dances soloist and corps de ballet roles. Additionally, he is on faculty at some of New York City’s finest ballet schools such as Ballet Academy East and Broadway Dance Center. Other prior credits include: The Grand Rapids Ballet, Orlando Ballet, City Center Ballet Company, The Walt Disney Company, Central Florida Ballet, and Florida Dance Theatre. Josh is a certified teacher under the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum for Pre Primary-Level 3, and a member of the American Guild of Musical artists.
Some of Josh's favorite places he has taught and choreographed have been: Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Tech (formerly Eliot Feld Ballet), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Peridance Capezio Center, West Michigan Youth Ballet, Ballet Academy East, New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, Steps on Broadway, Northwest Florida State College, Ballet Arts, Florida Dance Theatre, City Center Ballet Company and Lebanon Ballet School. Josh has been referred to as an expert in classical ballet pedagogy and his teaching style has been described as “Encouraging, Precise, fun… Inspiring”. Aside from all this, he is also an Ivy League Graduate and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in psychology from Columbia University where he graduated top of his class, summa cum laude and phi theta kappa. When Josh is not busy working, one can most likely find him donating his time as a volunteer animal rehabber throughout the Northeast United States or spending quality time with his husband and one-year-old son.
Dancer: Josh Kolberg
Show: Nat'l Tour Seven Brides for Seven Brothers