Josh Zacher

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As a performer, Josh Zacher served as the Dance Captain on The Prom 1st national tour. Josh also played Larry in the national/international tour of A Chorus Line (under the direction of Tony Award Winner Baayork Lee), which included a sold out run in Tokyo and was in the world premiere cast of the musical version of the beloved children’s book The Elf on the Shelf. Josh has performed at The Kennedy Center, The Lyric Opera of ...read more

As a performer, Josh Zacher served as the Dance Captain on The Prom 1st national tour. Josh also played Larry in the national/international tour of A Chorus Line (under the direction of Tony Award Winner Baayork Lee), which included a sold out run in Tokyo and was in the world premiere cast of the musical version of the beloved children’s book The Elf on the Shelf. Josh has performed at The Kennedy Center, The Lyric Opera of Chicago (West Side Story), Center Theatre Group (LA), North Shore Music Theatre (The Music Man, Young Frankenstein), Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre (Disney’s The Little Mermaid), The Ordway (West Side Story), Kansas City Starlight, The REV Theatre Co. (Footloose), Theatre By The Sea (Newsies, The Wizard of Oz), The Sharon Playhouse (Les Miserables, The Little Mermaid) Westchester Broadway (Newsies), and The Wagon Wheel Center for the Performing Arts.

As a creative, Josh served as Associate Choreographer to John MacInnis on his production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. Josh has also directed and choreographed the NBC/Universal Holiday Family Spectacular and served as Associate Choreographer for Inside Broadway’s production of Sophisticated Ladies. Josh has also choreographed music videos for recording artist Nic Hanson and Jai Paul.

On camera, Josh can be seen on the NBC series Rise as well as MTV’s TRL, Live! With Regis and Kelly, and Dance Moms. Josh is a teaching artist for New York City Center, a dance coach for MTCA: Musical Theatre College Auditions, and a teaching/audition assistant at Ballet Tech: The New York City Public School for Dance in Manhattan. Josh has also served as guest musical theater faculty at NYU Tisch and Emerson College. A proud native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Josh holds a BFA in Drama (with Honors) from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a graduate of both the Broadway Dance Center Summer Professional Semester and the University of Michigan Summer Dance Institute. www.josh-zacher.com, @dancingdudejz

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Class Descriptions

Theater

Josh’s theatre dance class is open to all levels and backgrounds. The class begins with a comprehensive warm up utilizing components of ballet, conditioning, isolation, stretching, and flow followed by a combination in Josh’s theatrical style. Josh’s style draws inspiration from many of the great musical theatre choreographers while incorporating elements of commercial jazz, street styles, and contemporary. Previous students have characterized the combinations as athletic, highly musical, full out, diverse, exciting, and actor friendly. It is always a goal to help the students incorporate elements of storytelling and world building into their work on the combination in addition to mechanical and technical skills.