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Joshua Attwood

Contemporary East Midlands

Joshua joined Dance4 CAT in its pilot year in 2009, aged just 12. Josh had a very successful time with us, featuring in our Changing Perceptions project and gaining a place with the National Youth Dance Company in 2013.

After Josh completed CAT he continued his full-time training at London Contemporary Dance School in 2015. At the end of his first year Josh was awarded the Peggy Hawkins Scholarship. Josh was selected to take part in the BBC Young Dancer of the Year 2017. He was one of five finalists in the Contemporary Category that was broadcast on BBC Four in April 2017. You can see Josh perform his second solo for a place in the Grand Final here.

Josh regularly returns to Dance4 CAT, to speak to current students about his dance journey, offer advice and in June 2018 he created and performed a solo work to present Routes 2018 Josh recently secured a place with Rambert 2, and toured with the company in 2018 to 19 whilst complete an MA in Professional Performance.

Joshua has recently join National Dance Company of Wales as a company dancer for their Spring tour of KIN.

Joshua Atwood
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