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Josh Kolberg (he/him) received professional training from the director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, renowned Patricia Barker. While at Royal Danish Ballet School in København he studied under Nikolaj Hübbe and Henning Albrechtsen. Most recently Joshua performed for two seasons with the Connecticut Ballet Company where he danced demi soloist and corps de ballet roles. In 2015, Josh traveled the country in the U.S....Read more
Josh Kolberg (he/him) received professional training from the director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, renowned Patricia Barker. While at Royal Danish Ballet School in København he studied under Nikolaj Hübbe and Henning Albrechtsen. Most recently Joshua performed for two seasons with the Connecticut Ballet Company where he danced demi soloist and corps de ballet roles. In 2015, Josh traveled the country in the U.S. National tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Other credits include: Grand Rapids Ballet, the Orlando Ballet, Central Florida Ballet, Florida Dance Theatre, City Center Ballet, and the Walt Disney Company.
Some teaching credits include: Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Tech (formerly Eliot Feld Ballet), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Ballet Academy East, Peridance Capezio Center, West Michigan Youth Ballet, 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 is a certified teacher under the ABT National Training Curriculum, Primary through level 3. Additionally he is pursuing an ivy league education at Columbia University where he studies neuroscience and psychology.
Class Descriptions
Josh aims to create an engaging environment where both professional and recreational dancers alike can thrive. He believes that encouragement is the key to allowing dancers to achieve their fullest potential as technicians and artists.
A 40 minute barre focuses on proper placement and precise execution followed by center work with an emphasis on musicality and the coordination of timing and movement.
This class is a mix of Vaganova, French, and Balanchine technique. Ballet slippers are required and dancers may choose to wear pointe shoes if they like.