Joe started dancing at age 8 through the Royal Ballet's Chance to Dance and Junior Associate programs. He then went on to train at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and at teh San Francisco Ballet School. Joe has danced professionally with BalletMet, Oklahoma City Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Charlottesville Ballet and Charlottesville Opera, and has performed leading roles in works by internationally renowned choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, George Balanchine, Ben Stevenson, and Val Caniparoli, among others. When not dancing or teaching dance, Joe loves watching soccer, practicing yoga, and spending time with his wife and their 5 cats.