RENEGADE
BALLET
BalletRED is a creative sanctuary, known for its cutting-edge multidisciplinary contemporary ballet works. Unlike traditional dance concerts, the BalletRED spectacular is an extraordinary display of uninhibited imagination, where the arts seamlessly intersect with live music. If Coachella had a ballet company, it would undoubtedly be BalletRED.
Under the visionary guidance of Director/Choreographer Josie Walsh, BalletRED has gained recognition for its distinctive hybrid style that fuses edgy classical and contemporary ballet. Josie's iconic creation, the GLAMOURINA, featuring one stiletto and one pointe shoe, embodies this unique blend. Collaborating with composer Paul Rivera and singer-songwriter Avalon Rivera, BalletRED's performances reach the level of a rock concert experience.
At BalletRED, razor-sharp ballerinas come together with contemporary dancers, aerialists, singers, musicians, visual artists, robotics, technology, fashion, and multimedia artists. This vibrant convergence forms an exciting intersection of creativity that pushes the boundaries of artistic expression. BalletRED is a celebration of the arts in their boldest and most dynamic form, offering audiences an unparalleled experience that unites the power of movement with the energy of live music, bringing together the world of contemporary ballet and the spirit of a music festival.
ABOUT
TV, film and stage credits include: "YAHOO" national commercial, Walt Disney "Tinkerbell", A&E The Cleaner "Cinderella", UTV international logo identity, STARZ "Torchwood", MGM movie premiere "Bullet Proof Monk", CBS "That's Life", Red Bull "Formula One", NBC World of Dance Season 2, America's Got Talent, SYTYCD, LA Music Awards, Aimer fashion show Beijing China, Paul Mitchell Industrial, Vivienne Westwood Fashion show, Jeremy Scott Fashion Show, Zurich Opera, "Get Ur Ballet On" and "OMG she's a REAL Ballerina" music videos for Jealous Angel, "Inappropriate Comedy" feature film, "Pilgrim" Rock Opera, Asia Entertainment, Queen Mary Live, Focus Fish Flying Circus, Project Angel Food. CONTEMPORARY BALLET COMMISSIONS: "Dreams" with Sammy Hagar of Van Halen for Gala De Danza, Invocation, Intertwined, Eternity and Convergence for Gala De Danza, YAGP Gala in NYC and Florida, "Texture of Time" Festival Ballet Theatre, "Secret Garden" (full length) State Street Ballet and Festival Ballet Theatre and BalletRED, "Bach to Rock", "Sirens" Los Angeles Ballet, "Transmutation" Los Angeles Ballet, "Deconstructed" Harvard Ballet, "Taming of the Shrew" Aeolian Ballet, "Found" "Internal Affairs" Celebrate Dance, "Artemis" Santa Monica College, MyoKyo™ / BalletRED full-length Renegade Rock Ballet productions: Shades of RED, SIRENS, Royal Matrix, Urban Angels, Concrete Rose, Garden of Reason, Image-Nation, Gone with the Whim, Avalon, Carnivinyl and Secret Garden.
JOSIE
WALSH
Josie Walsh is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Choreographer of
BalletRED Contemporary Ballet Company, based in Los Angeles. She is the Artistic Director of The Industry Dance Academy and the Artistic Director of the Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensives in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Josie has danced professionally with the Joffrey Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and the Zurich Ballet in Switzerland, where she began her choreographic career-moving on to several freelance projects throughout Europe before returning to Los Angeles, where she integrated this vast background into the commercial as well as concert dance world. Josie is infamous for transcending boundaries and setting new trends. She is known as the "Renegade" ballerina for her cutting-edge hybrid style of edgy classical and contemporary ballet fusion. Josie was named 25 to watch by Dance Magazine, awarded the "Outstanding Choreographer Award" 5 times at the Youth America Grand Prix and, featured in their NYC Gala, featured on NBC World of Dance Season 2 for her contemporary ballet choreography on Avery and Marcus, America's Got Talent for Izzy and Easton, SYTYCD with Avery Gay. Josie was honored with the endorsement from the Los Angeles Times as "Faces to Watch" for her work as Artistic Director & Choreographer of BalletRED.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | CHOREOGRAPHER
"Dance represents the deepest freedom of expression in that it leaves nothing to hide behind... nothing to obscure the naked truth that as a dancer you are the art."
- JOSIE WALSH
Paul Rivera is the Music Director and Composer of BalletRED. He creates a sonic landscape of emotional depth through layers of electronica, rich melodies, acoustic guitar, and cello. Paul incorporates healing tones into his music after having his body's resonant tuning frequency mapped. His process is called "Tone of Mind" a sound bath that combines frequencies used for resonant healing, meditation, and merging of the subconscious with the conscious. Hypnotic, sensual, and dynamic you are sonically transported into a lucid dreamlike state. Partnering up with his wife Artistic Director/Choreographer Josie Walsh, he has composed numerous full-length contemporary ballet commissions for BalletRED as well as music for TV and film. Credits include: A&E- The Cleaner (Cinderella), Cinemax- Girls Guide to Depravity, VH1 Classic-That Metal Show, Discovery Channel, Echelon Conspiracy (Feature Film), Zombie Strippers (Feature Film), NFL Football, and College Football. Full-length Contemporary Ballets: Secret Garden, Sirens, Texture of Time, Isle of Avalon, Incantation, Talisman, Deities, Intertwined, Convergence, Urban Angels, Transmutation, Avatar, Imperial, Intertwined, Other Worldly, Concrete Rose, Intersection, Garden of Reason, Gone with the Whim, Image-Nation, Avalon, Carnivinyl, Luminate, Taming of the Shrew and Golden Doorway.
MUSIC DIRECTOR | COMPOSER
"There is nothing more exhilarating than creating an original score to be brought to life by world class dancers and choreography."
- PAUL RIVERA
PAUL
RIVERA
GLAMOURINAS
+DANCERS
RACHEL ANDERSON | ANTHONY CANNARELLA | WILSON MAYO | DANIEL MOORE | MERRITT MOORE | SIENNA MORRIS | NATALIE PALMGEN | CHANEL PEPPER | KYLE PONTE | NICOLE REINEMAN |AVALON RIVERA | MAXWELL SIMOES | KYLIE SHEA | SAMANTHA STRIPLIN | EVAN SWENSON
THE ARTISTS
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Photo Credits: Dave Friedman, Skye Schmidt, Rosalie O'Connor, Kelly Walsh, Jim Doyle, Reed Hutchinson, David Bazemore, Michael Spleet and James Glader.