Joseph Walsh

• BORN  

Doylestown, Pennsylvania 

• TRAINING 

Houston Ballet II 

Walnut Hill School for the Arts 

Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy 

American Ballet Theatre (summer program) 

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (summer program) 

Chautauqua School of Dance (summer program) 

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center (summer program) 

Stiefel and Students (summer program) 

• SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 

Joined the Company as a soloist in 2014 

Promoted to principal dancer in December 2014 
 

• OTHER COMPANIES 

Houston Ballet 

• ASHTON

Marguerite and Armand (Armand) 
 

• BALANCHINE

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) 

Allegro Brillante  

Coppélia (Franz) 

Diamonds 

Divertimento No. 15 (Allegro – Lead Man) 

The Four Temperaments (Sanguinic) 

Prodigal Son (Son) 

Rubies 

Scotch Symphony (Principal) 

Serenade (Waltz Couple) 

Symphony in C 

• BARTON

Mere Mortals (Prometheus) 

• BOURNONVILLE

La Sylphide (James) 

• BUBENÍČEK

Fragile Vessels (originated) 

• CANIPAROLI

Lambarena 

• CRANKO 

Onegin (Lensky) 

• DAWSON

Anima Animus 

• FORSYTHE 

Blake Works I (Principal) 

Pas/Parts 2016 (originated) 

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude 

• LANDER

Études (excerpt) | (Principal Man) 

• MACMILLAN

Song of the Earth (Man) 

• MAKAROVA after Petipa 

La Bayadère, Act II (Solor in “The Kingdom of the Shades”) 

• VAN MANEN 

Solo 

Variations for Two Couples 

• MARSTON

Mrs. Robinson (originated Benjamin Braddock) 

• MORRIS

Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes 

Sandpaper Ballet (Trumpeter) 

• OISHI

Bolero (originated Principal)
 

• PECK 

Bloom  

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Principal) 

In the Countenance of Kings (originated The Protagonist) 

• PITA

Björk Ballet 
 

• POSSOKHOV

Magrittomania 

Swimmer (The Swimmer) 

“… two united in a single soul…”  (originated Narcissus) 

Violin Concerto (originated Principal Couple) 

• RATMANSKY

Seven Sonatas 

Chamber Symphony and Symphony #9 in Shostakovich Trilogy 

The Seasons (The Faun) 

• RHODEN 

The Promised Land (originated Principal) 

• ROBBINS

Dances at a Gathering (Brown) 

In the Night (1st Pas de deux) 
 

• ROWE

For Pixie 

• SCARLETT

Die Toteninsel (originated) 

Fearful Symmetries  

Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein) 

Hummingbird 
 

• SMITH 

Carmen (originated Jose) 

• TAYLOR 

Company B (“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”) 

• THATCHER 

Ghost in the Machine 

• TOMASSON

Don Quixote (Basilio, Gitano Leader) 

Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince, King of the Snow, Grand Pas de deux) 

Romeo & Juliet (Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio) 

The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desire) 

Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried) 

• WHEELDON

Cinderella (Prince Guillaume) 

Finale Finale (originated Principal) 

Within the Golden Hour 

• DANCE FILMS 

Dance of Dreams (Dir. Benjamin Millepied, 2020), Principal – Soloist

• ASHTON 

La Fille mal gardée (Colas) 

Les Patineurs (Blue Boy) 

• BALANCHINE

Ballo della Regina 

Jewels (“Emeralds” Pas de trois) 

Symphony in C 

Theme and Variations 

• BARTON 

Angular Momentum 

• BOURNE

Swan Lake 

• BOURNONEVILLE 

Flower Festival in Genzano 

• BRUCE

Intimate Pages (Angel)  

Rooster (“Paint It Black”) 

• CRANKO 

Onegin (Lensky) 

Taming of the Shrew (Lucentio) 

• FONTE

See(k) 

• KUDELKA

Little Dancer  

Passion 

• KYLIÁN

Forgotten Land (Red)  

Soldiers’ Mass 
 

• HYND

The Merry Widow (Camille) 

• MACMILLAN

Manon (Des Grieux) 

Song of the Earth (Death) 
 

• MCINTYRE

Peter Pan (Peter) 

• MORRIS

Pacific 

Sandpaper Ballet (“Trumpeter’s Lullaby”) 

• STEVENSON

Coppélia (Franz) 

The Nutcracker (Prince) 

The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund, Bluebird) 

• THARP 

In the Upper Room (Ballet Boy) 
 

• TUDOR

The Leaves Are Fading 

• WALSH 

Camille Claudel 

Titus Andronicus 

• WELCH

La Bayadère (Solor) 

Cinderella (Prince, Ugly Stepsisters) 

Clear 

The Core (Skip the Sailor) 

Divergence 

Falling 

The Four Seasons 

Madame Butterfly (Pinkerton, Goro) 

Marie (Axel von Ferson, Charles d’Artoise) 

Sons de l’âme: Lang Lang Dance Project 

Tapestry 

Tu Tu 

• WHEELDON

Borealis (originated) 

Carnival of the Animals (Mouse) 

Carousel (A Dance) 

Continuum 

Rush 

Within the Golden Hour 

• Received a Princess Grace Award (Dance Fellowship) in 2009. 

• Artistic Excellence in Dance, Walnut Hill School of the Arts, 2005 and 2006. 

• National Bender Scholar, American Ballet Theatre, 2004 and 2005. 

• Danced the pas de deux from Balanchine’s Rubies and the White Swan Pas de deux from Swan Lake at the International Rudolf Nureyev Ballet Art Festival Gala in Ufa, Russia, in June 2017.