JOSH WALDENDIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHERMichael Einfeld Management(818) 752-4238

Mission Statement

Josh Walden founded a dance company, Walden Dance Theatre, with the desire to marry America’s classic

legacy of expression through dance with the realities of today’s culture and society. Through his work with

this company, he quickly discovered there lies great potential and value in taking the theatricality and traditions

of musical theatre to another level by emphasizing the power of one element: movement. Building on the

foundation laid by such visionaries as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, Walden strives to marry this discipline and

style with contemporary themes and music to tell new stories and reinvent those which are familiar. He also

desires coupling the technical skills of dancing with the tools of the acting world to create a highly charged

theatrical setting while exploring the power of being still.

“His music and dance frequently flash with originality and flair.”

“...Hairspray is a big brash show that punches out lively numbers with great dance routines that are a tribute to the skills of the performers and the choreographer

Josh Walden.”Roy Bradbrook, Dan’s Papers-

A Day in the Life of Ordinary People

Hairspray

-Miriam Horn, The New York Times

Josh had the amazing opportunity to work with puppet designer Eric Wright on the Off Broadway Revival of Seussical for TheatreworksUSA, directed and choreographed by Tony nominated Marcia Milgrom Dodge.

He was also given the responsibility to create an entire physical score for the 3 Bird Girls.

Fallen Angel

Using elements found in the Brazilian art form Capoeira and drawing from various iconic, religious poses, Josh created a world for the rock opera Fallen Angel, featured in the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival, where freedom of touch and movement distinguished the separation between good and evil.

“And, as choreographer, director Walden keeps the cast in constant movement, particularly in the wild devil scenes where boots and leather, lust and violence, prevail.”

-Irene Backalenick, Backstage

“Between Josh Walden’s creditable direction and snap-to choreography...this one tracks true and straight into the theater bull’s-eye!”“The choreography by Josh Walden was

faultless. This young choreographer should go on to greater heights if this memorable

production is any indication.”

“Right off the bat with the sparkl ing choreography of Josh Walden, the audience

knew that it was in for a treat.”

-Richard Connema, talkingbroadway.com

-Tony Curulla, Syracuse.com

-Bev Sykes, The Davis Enterprise

My Fair Lady A Chorus Line

On The Town

Josh spent the winter of 2011 in Tampa, FL working with the Tianyicheng Troupe, 20 young male and female bounce stilt acrobats from China, to create a highly charged theatrical act featuring dance, somersaults and basketball maneuvers for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s Fully Charged, the all-new, 141st edition of The Greatest Show On Earth!

In the Fall of 2009, Josh helped his mentor, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, take her Helen Hayes Award winning Kennedy Center revival production of Ragtime to Broadway. As the Associate Director/Associate Choreographer, he assisted in the creation of a human assembly line of red and white tires and choreographed a repetitive, modern dance depicting the Lawrence mill workers at their looms.

“I saw ALL IS LOVE, the thrillingly theatrical and romantic dance musical in NYMF. It’s clear that Walden is more than a Broadway triple threat, but a major voice in the future of musical theatre. I can only imagine what he could do with FOLLIES or WEST SIDE STORY. The production is gorgeous and the cast is wonderful (and gorgeous...) Anyone who cares about the future of dance in theatre should check it out.”

“The choreography is exquisite with its magic woven into the picture of the group’s movement as a whole (such as the portrayal of the city waking up to its eventual hustle and bustle in the beginning) as well as into each dancer’s individual image painting its unique own with the haunting

original music (such as each of the girl’s sequences of infatuation).”

-West, From East to West

“...it is refreshing to sit back and enjoy a dance drama that reminds us of the days of Kelly, Caron and Astaire. The dancers’ expressions along with their movements told the story well. The ecstatic reaction of the audience indicates that this is what dance and theater goers want.”

ALL IS LOVE, Walden Dance Theatre’s First Full Length Dance Musical

-BroadwayWorld.com

-Joan Eshkenazi, curtainup.com

Most recently, Josh choreographed the new musical And the Curtain Rises for the Signature Theatre in which 6 ballerinas, from the 1860’s, had to dance on pointe as both subterranean fairies from a golden realm as well as vicious demons from the fiery pits of hell.

“Josh Walden contributes aptly decorous choreography for the ballet dancers.”

- Peter Marks, The Washington Post

And The Curtain Rises

Fallen AngelNew York International Fringe Festival

Josh Walden

A Chorus LineMerry-Go-Round Playhouse, NY

Josh Walden

And the Curtain RisesSignature Theatre, DC

Kristin Hanggi

My Fair LadySacramento Music Circus, CA

Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Espresso TrashoNew York International Fringe Festival

Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Limonade tous les JoursActors Theatre of Louisville, KY

Marc Masterson

CarouselShenandoah Summer Music Theatre, VA

Hal Herman

The MikadoTheatre Barn, NY

Frank Latson

Seabourn Sun Cruise ShipMorag Productions, FL

Keith Crumwell

On the TownVenus Rising Co, CA

Kevin Morales

THEATRE

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

Ragtime, Broadway RevivalNeil Simon Theatre, NYMarcia Milgrom Dodge

RagtimeKennedy Center, DCMarcia Milgrom Dodge

SeussicalLucille Lortel Theatre, NYMarcia Milgrom Dodge

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCE CAPTAIN

The Who’s TommyBay Street Theatre, NYMarcia Milgrom Dodge

Knight LifeRiverside Theatre, FLMarcia Milgrom Dodge

Divorce Me, DarlingCAP 21 Studios, NYMarcia Milgrom Dodge

At the end of August, Josh will be in LA working with Marcia Milgrom Dodge as her Associate Choreographer on Cabaret for Jason Alexander’s Reprise Theatre Company.

In January, Josh will venture up to Plymouth State College in NH to choreograph and help transform Hans Christian Anderson’s The Wild Swans into a musical theatre dance piece.

- Best Revival of a Musical for the Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, 2000 - On the Town, Venus Rising Company- Excellence Award, Outstanding Musical, FringeNYC, 2006 - Fallen Angel- Honorable Mention, Excellence in Direction and Choreography, NYMF, 2006 - All is Love- Best Production of the Summer Season Nomination, Syracuse Area Live Theater Award, 2010 - A Chorus Line, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse- Best Director, and Best Revival Nominations, Tony Awards, 2010 - Ragtime

AWARDS

JOSH WALDENDIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

Michael Einfeld Management(818) 752-4238