Joshua has spent the last several retreats working to find a personal blending of movement related to the teachings and philosophies of Martha Graham and the fundamental intersections of that American Modern Dance Technique language with the traditional framework of integrating breath and movement as presented through the Tsa Lung or Tibetan Yoga practice languages. His personal projects include working to trace his fraternal heritage through the Beaver Wars in the nomadic lands of the Shawnee, Illini, and Ho-chunk nations in the Ohio River Valley of America's mid-West and the spiritual practices of the yogic traditions of Tibetan Buddhism's Chodpa and Ngapka lineages as they intersect with idealogies represented in shamanic traditions and practices.

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Founder and Director of The Symposium (on Graham Technique in the PNW) and having served as The Principal of The School of Spectrum Dance Theater under the Artistic Direction of Tony-nominated and Bessie Award-winning choreographer and citizen artist Donald Byrd, Joshua Crouch works to refocus the curriculum and training models of classic concert dance to be reflective of not only the rigors of classic training pedagogies but also the development of socially inclusive and discursive approaches to ecumenical dance training as a community tool, the power of the subtle energies held within our physical carriage to relay complex and impactful emotional responses to varying truths and idealogies, and the restorative strength of movement as our most accessible and primary tool for healing and communication.

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He  has received training from some of America’s foremost modern dance and contemporary ballet schools including the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet. His focusing of curriculum is on the empowerment and ennobling of the mission "Dance for all," through an appreciation and deep investigation of the intersectionality of many forms of codified dance , culturally-specific forms, and movement investigation--striving to find the balance between the artistry, agency, and service inherent in dance and dance language.

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Classical ballet training included private coaching and a long mentorship with former Royal Ballet principle  Keith J. Martin (emphasizing choreography, composition, repertoire, musical analysis, history, general pedagogy, batterie, and demi-caractere work), through which her received an appreciation for pantomime.

 

 He has danced on stages in New York, San Francisco, New Orleans (Fringe Festival), Seattle (Seattle Int'l Dance Festival) and throughout the Midwest as a guest artist. Notable performances include soloist roles in “Signs and Wonders” by Alonzo King, the world premiere of “Thirst” by Yannis Adoniou (Artistic Director of Kunst Stoff), excerpts from works by Martha Graham, as well as the title role in the world premiere of Mark Bush’s Peter Pan. 

 

His choreography  has been set for the University of Southern Indiana Theatre, the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Evansville Opera, Evansville Ballet, Think Pink! Productions, Gibson County Theatre Company, Veale Creek Players, Signature Performing Arts, and Evansville Dance Theatre; Seattle-area stagings have included work for Island Dance Theatre, Kaleidoscope Dance, Cornish College of the Arts, and world premieres at Launch Choreographers’ Showcases.

 

Students have gone on to dance for Lines Ballet Summer Program, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Southern Methodist University, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Joffery Ballet, New Zealand School of Dance, Indiana University, and have been used as demonstrators in Graham Technique at various summer programs throughout the country.

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He has received empowerments and teaching in all four of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and is currently engaged as the Volunteer Coordinator, Librarian, and Teen/Young Adult teacher at the Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism in Seattle where he was a lay resident. Through the Monastery's outreach arm, the Marici Fellowship, he helps to engage communities in programs centered around social equity and compassion. He has completed several retreats independently and with masters such as the dzogchen adept His Eminence Dza Kilung Rinpoche.  He is currently in in-depth studies and practice of the Tibetan tsa lung trul khor (breath and movement/yoga), subtle energetic body teachings, and Chod (severance of ego) teachings which he hopes to integrate in accessible ways for the benefit of all.

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He was invited to lecture for the Dance Educators Association of Washington's 2018 Conference presenting an immersive experience utilizing modern dance as a means to awaken radical joy as a tool for healing which began the investigations to bring about the work mentioned on the home page of this site. 

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