In the News & Reviews

NBT Nutcracker 2014

The Magic of the Season Returns with NBT’s The Nutcracker Dec. 6-21… Principal Dancers Josh Deininger and Shannon Behrens from Seattle will dance the roles of Cavalier Prince and Sugar Plum Fairy. … Read Full Press Release.

NBT Nutcracker 2014 Nuts for Nutcracker

Because he knows coming to see The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition for many people, Bishop says he and his crew work long and hard to ensure that those who purchase tickets are satisfied with the final product. Professional dancers rehearse and perform alongside less experienced students and community members, and the result is a show everyone can love. … highlights will include new backdrops painted by local artist Karen Bakke, the impressive work of principal dancers Josh Deininger and Shannan Behrens, … Read Full Article.

NBT Dracula 2014

Act I opens on Dracula’s lair where Jonathan Harker, played by Bishop, is signing papers. Dracula emerged with a commanding solo of high jetés and quick turns: a choreographic treat showcasing Joshua Deininger’s talent for flying high. … Read Full Review.

NBT A Midsummer Nights Dream 2014

King Oberon is danced by Ryan Sims at the Bellingham performance and by NBT regular Joshua D. Deininger when the production moves to Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall next weekend. … Read Full Review.

Josh Deininger (most recently seen at NBT as the title character in “Dracula”), commands the forest, and the stage, as Oberon, King of the Faeries. … Read Full Article.

NBT Nutcracker 2013

Principals Josh D. Deininger and 16-year-old Anna Ford wow as the Prince and Clara, executing flying, metered symmetry with grace and ease. Their calculated twists and turns and lifts and jumps are done with space and rhythm and probably a lot of grueling work I’m leaving out. Deininger brings athleticism to the role and reinforces the fact that ballet is no picnic. … Read Full Review.

Bloody Good Show “Dracula” 2013

Count Dracula (Joshua D. Deininger) and equally sadistic Countess Bathory (Natasha Keeley) make the baddest duo in Transylvania. Introducing several unsuspecting mortals to their endless way of life, the pair embraces the perpetuity of their gruesome situation with beautiful pirouettes and stunning grace. Deininger, adapting perfectly to a surly prince, moves like lightning and it’s totally believable he can morph into a bat at will. … Read Full Review.

NBT Dracula 2013

The dancers were a mix of experienced adults and students, with Bishop using their strengths, such a the lovely lines of sisters Mija and Miye Bishop who danced the roles of Mina and Lucy or of Joshua D. Deininger’s menacing Count and his ability to confidently execute double tours en l’air and partner effectively through a lengthy and expressive pas de deux … Read Full Review.

NBT Pictures At An Exhibition

Serving as the culminating performance for NBT’s Summer Intensive student program, Pictures at an Exhibition is indeed an exhibition in and of itself. It celebrates a cerebral crossover in art, three disciplines melding and blurring together so fluidly into one lovely product that the theatergoer is lost in it almost immediately and without reserve. Artwork covers red paneling behind dancers floating and spinning, whirring and hovering from every which way and so very perfectly, encased in beautiful scenery provided by the surrounding treeline. … Read Full Review.

NBT Cinderella 2013

Talented Seattle dancer Joshua Deininger is her perfect tall, dark and handsome Prince Charming who possesses great poise and musicality. … Read Full Review.

Ballet Bellevue: Spring Fancy 2013

Emerging Northwest choreographer, Joshua D. Deininger, performs his own duet with Elizabeth Voiles… Read Full Press Release.

Inception Dance Theater: 10:1

While the first two dances featured women in pointe shoes, Diptych veered away from classicism with both soft shoes and bare feet. Choreographed by company dancer Joshua D. Deininger and with another gorgeous score by Deemer, Diptych delved into different kinds of romantic relationships, from the joyously carefree and sensual, to the casually careless, to the painfully troubled. The evening’s standout performances were in this piece, including a sensual duet by Elizabeth Voiles and Julian Young in the first movement, and a precise and emotional duet danced by Mireya Mascarello and Deininger in the second. … Read Full Review.

Meadows Dance Ensemble: 2011 Spring Dance Concert

Camille…a Poem of Intimacy is a work in progress by guest artist-in-residence Jean Paul Comelin, an internationally renowned choreographer, director and master teacher who has created more than 70 works for major dance companies on five continents. Camille is a stunning pas de deux inspired by the sculptures of French artist Camille Claudel (1864-1943), pupil and mistress of Auguste Rodin. … Read Full Article.

Jean-Paul Comelin on Camille

Camille… A Poem of Intimacy is a masterwork by French born choreographer Jean-Paul Comelin. I assisted Mr. Comelin in setting the work on Dance Majors in the Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts Dance program. The article is an interview with Mr. Comelin on the story of Camille and the importance of the work. Read Full Article.

SMU Dancers to Perform Reimagined Classic

A phalanx of Southern Methodist University dance students has been invited to perform Martha Graham’s 1935 social-protest classic, Panorama, when the Graham troupe appears at the Winspear Opera House next month. First, the restaged work will be part of the school’s Meadows Spring Dance Concert next week at the Bob Hope Theatre. … Read Full Article.

Queen City Ballet Nutcracker 2005

Caitlin Lennon plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, Keith McCain plays the Nutcracker prince and Taylor Berry plays a dreaming Clara in the ‘Nutcracker’ ballet this weekend at the Alberta Bair Theater. STEPHEN BRASHEAR/Gazette Staff Shayla Reichenbach, 10, of Billings, watches as fellow ballerinas rehearse Nov. 19 at the YWCA in Billings for ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet. STEPHEN BRASHEAR/Gazette Staff Kelsey Thompson, 17, of Billings leads rehearsal Nov. 19. Helena Photography Courtney Block plays the Snow Queen and Josh Deininger is the Snow King in the weekend production of “The “Nutcracker” by the Queen City Ballet and the Billings Symphony at the Alberta Bair Theater. Helena Photography Jerry McCarthy, a high school physics teacher in Helena, plays Drosselmeyer along with 13-year-old Taylor Berry, who plays Clara. … Read Full Article.