Josie Walsh is the Artistic Director / Choreographer of BalletRED, the Joffrey Ballet School summer intensives LA, NYC, SF, The Industry Dance Academy Ballet program and Project Protégé. Josie has danced professionally with the Joffrey Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre and the Zurich Ballet in Switzerland where she began her choreographic career. Moving on to several freelance projects throughout Europe before returning to Los Angeles where she integrated this vast background into the commercial as well as concert dance world. Known as the “Renegade” ballerina for her cutting edge hybrid style of edgy classical and contemporary ballet fusion, Josie is infamous for transcending boundaries and setting new trends. Josie was named 25 to watch by Dance Magazine,
awarded the “Outstanding Choreography” award at the Youth American Grand Prix, NBC World of Dance choreographer Season 2 for “Avery and Marcus” and honored with the
endorsement from the Los Angeles Times as “Faces to Watch” for her work as Artistic Director/Choreographer of Ballet RED.
Josie directs and choreographs for TV, film and stage. Credits include: “YAHOO” national commercial, Walt Disney “Tinkerbell”, A&E The Cleaner “Cinderella”, UTV international logo identity, STARZ “Torchwood”, MGM movie premiere “Bullet Proof Monk”, CBS “That’s Life”, Red Bull “Formula One”, NBC World of Dance Season 2, LA Music Awards, Paul Mitchell Industrial, Zurich Opera, “Get Ur Ballet On” and “OMG She’s a REAL Ballerina” music videos for Jealous Angel, “Inappropriate
Comedy” feature film, “Pilgrim” Rock Opera, Asia Entertainment, Queen Mary Live, Focus Fish Flying Circus, Project Angel Food. CONTEMPORARY BALLET COMMISSIONS: “Dreams” with Sammy Hagar for Gala De Danza, Invocation, Intertwined, Eternity and Convergence for Gala De Danza, “Texture of Time” Festival Ballet Theatre, “Secret Garden” (full length) State Street Ballet and Festival Ballet Theatre, “Bach to Rock” State Street Ballet, “Sirens” Los Angeles Ballet, “Transmutation“ Los Angeles Ballet, “Timeless” Joffrey SF, “Marine Machines” Joffrey West, “Lingogo” Joffrey West”, “Deconstructed” Harvard Ballet, “Taming of the Shrew” Aeolian Ballet, “Found” & “Internal Affairs” Celebrate Dance, “Artemis” Santa Monica College, MyoKyo™ RED full length Renegade Rock Ballet productions: Urban Angels, Concrete Rose, Garden of Reason, Image-Nation, Gone with the Whim, Avalon and Carnivinyl.