The cast of 2012 - Seven West Media

JUDGE
JOSHUA HORNER
Joshua Horner leapt onto the DANCING WITH THE STARS
judging panel last year, causing controversy and mayhem
in his first week when he referred to Brynne Edelsten as a
“bedazzled sack of potatoes”. Our newest dancers to the floor
can expect the same outspoken manner.
Joshua grew up in the town of Wyong on the New South
Wales, Central Coast and began dancing at the age of 6 as a
way of improving his asthma. He hasn’t stopped moving since.
At 16, Joshua was accepted into The Australian Ballet School
in Melbourne under the direction of Gailene Stock and
after three intensive years, graduated with Honours with
an Advanced Diploma in Dance. Joshua spent five and a
half years with the Australian Ballet and was nominated for
a Helpmann Award in 2002 for Best Male Dancer, and in
2003 won an Australian Dance Award for Most Outstanding
Performance in a Stage Musical for his performance in Tivoli.
In January 2006 Joshua moved to London’s West End after he was
sourced for a leading role in Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel’s Broadway
Smash Hit Movin’ Out, where he played the role of Tony.
Joshua then Featured as the Havana Boy and Featured
Crapshooter in the Donmar’s UK Touring Production of ‘Guys
and Dolls’ directed by Michael Grandage and Jamie Lloyd
and choreographed by Rob Ashford.
Returning to Australia mid 2007, Joshua was cast in the first
offshore production of Billy Elliot the Musical in Sydney playing
the role of ‘Older Billy’.
This year Joshua has been kicking up his heels as talent scout
Zach on the Broadway production of A Chorus Line in Australia.