Joseph Simons

Born in Dubbo, NSW, Joseph began dancing at Dubbo Ballet Studio and The Australian Ballet School interstate program, before graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2008. In 2009, he won the award for Outstanding Emerging Artist at the West Australia Dance Awards. Joseph has performed several soloist roles with West Australian Ballet, Victorian Opera and with improvisation performance group Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre. He has choreographed works for West Australian Ballet, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, several independent projects, and is currently developing a fulllength solo work, Not On My Watch. Joseph debuted with Chunky Move in 2011, performing in Antony Hamilton and Byron Perry’s I Like This. Joseph also performed in Chunky Move's Connected.