Joshua Pelatzky

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Joshua Pelatzky has performed in musicals such as The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and was offered a swing role in the first National Tour of CATS at 16. He has been seen in industrials for Bob Mackie, J.C. Penney, L’Oreal and the Designers Institute Foundation Fighting AIDS, and staged an industrial for Diesel in the south of Italy. He made an appearance in Opera P...read more

Joshua Pelatzky has performed in musicals such as The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and was offered a swing role in the first National Tour of CATS at 16. He has been seen in industrials for Bob Mackie, J.C. Penney, L’Oreal and the Designers Institute Foundation Fighting AIDS, and staged an industrial for Diesel in the south of Italy. He made an appearance in Opera Pacific's Aida in Orange County, simultaneously serving as assistant choreographer.

Joshua was featured on Style.com/Vogue in their Model Challenge series. He has assisted Michèle Assaf in many endeavors, a few being the Learning Channel’s Medical Miracles featuring Phineas Newborn and the Tezero Live At DVD series. He was fortunate to have appeared onstage with Rachel Platten, Patti Labelle, Kelly Clarkson, and Prince. Joshua has performed works by many choreographers, some of them including Mandy Moore, Desmond Richardson, Wes Veldink, Nacho Duato, Bruno Collinet, and Luam. Recently he was seen in the MTV VMA's performing choreography by Travis Wall, and was a featured performer in Terry Beeman’s Mental Head Circus. Joshua went to Australia where he was a cast member of Debbie Allen’s Freeze Frame. He was performing in Miami for Dee Caspary’s show Seems Like Forever Ago and was excited to be assisting Wes Veldink on his piece at Broadway Bares. He teamed back up with Wes for the film Brighton Beach starring FKA Twigs to which served as a principle dancer. Joshua was seen in NYC’s Fall For Dance dancing the work of Joshua Bergasse. He is currently performing with recording artist Betty Who choreographed by Khasan Brailsford.

Joshua choreographed and danced in the Darwin Deez' music video DNA which landed him a nomination for a UK Music Video Award. He has also been commissioned to set site specific work for art gallery openings. He has taught Contemporary and Street Jazz throughout over 15 countries. Follow him around the world at World Dance Movement.

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Class Descriptions

Jazz

Joshua’s class starts out with a choreographed warm up with emphasis on strength and technique. Combining aspects of Jazz, Ballet, Modern and Body Conditioning into a 25 min. actual “warm” up, not just stretch. Then moving to across the floor which is meant to feel more like a dance and less an across the floor, already working on syncopation and quality of movement. Lastly the combination; more then likely a mix of Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop and pedestrian movements is geared towards musicality and the ability to use technique then release it and use natural gestures. Above all it is a welcoming, fun atmosphere, because we do not learn nor put ourselves out there if we are intimidated or stressed.

A.I. Flexibility

AI reduces your workload by removing tightness so you can swing your limbs more freely. It transports oxygen to sore muscles and quickly removes toxins from muscles, so recovery is faster. AI works as a deep massage technique because it activates muscle fibers during stretching. The class starts with unlocking the hip and trunk area, the feet, ankles and calves and then we move to the upper body. This class is for any level of dancer or athlete, as well as anyone recovering from injuries or interested in preventing injuries.