Australian born Joshua Horner grew up in the town of Wyong on the New South Wales, Central Coast. He began dancing at the age of 6 as a means to improve his Asthma and since then has not stopped dancing.

Starting out at a local dance school he trained in all forms of dance and was quite the 'all rounder'. At the age of 12 his parents made the hour and a half journey to Sydney so he could train with David Atkins and Sheree da Costa. It was here that David and Sheree nurtured and guided Joshua with his talent and future career.

At 16, Joshua was accepted into The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne under the direction of Gailene Stock. In his second year Joshua won the 'Nescafe Big Break' Award for $20,000 to help his training and development for a career in the Arts. After three intensive years he Graduated with 'Honours' with an Advanced Diploma in Dance and was then instantly offered a contract with The Australian Ballet.

Joshua spent five and a half years with the Australian Ballet. During this time he was most known for his role as "Jack" in Greame Murphy's Dance Musical "Tivoli". He was nominated for a Helpmann Award (Australia's Tony's) in 2002 for Best Male Dancer and in 2003 won an Australian Dance Award for "Most Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical" for his performance in "Tivoli".

During his time with the Australian Ballet he performed principal roles such as "Spartacus" in Spartacus and featured in works like In the Upper Room, Four Temperaments, In the Night, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, The Merry Widow, Greame Murhphy's Swan Lake and Nutcracker, Mercurial Maneouvers, Voluntaries, Por Vos Muero, The Three Musketeers, Rites and Divergence just to name a few.

Having a strong passion for Musical Theatre, Joshua decided to make his dream a reality and left the Australian Ballet mid 2004. He was cast straight away in the World Premiere of Dirty Dancing "The Classic Story Onstage'. Working with writer of the hit film, Eleanor Bergstein, he was cast as a featured ensemble member and covered and played the role of "Johnny Castle".

In January 2006 Joshua's career turned international and he moved to London's West End after he was sourced for a leading role in Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel's Broadway Smash Hit 'Movin' Out', where he played the role of 'Tony'.

Joshua then Featured as the Havana Boy and Featured Crapshooter in the Donmar's UK Touring Production of 'Guys and Dolls' directed by Michael Grandage and Jamie Lloyd and choreographed by Rob Ashford.

Returning to Australia mid 2007, Joshua was cast in the first offshore production of 'Billy Elliot the Musical' in Sydney playing the role of 'Older Billy'.

At the beginning of 2009 Joshua moved to the USA and was asked to join the BROADWAY production of 'Billy Elliot' and performed as one of the 'Older Billy's' at the 2009 Tony Awards with Sir Elton John.

After a successful stint in New York, Joshua currently resides in Los Angeles where he is a Choreographer. Joshua choreographed Disney's award winning attraction 'World of Color' and night time stage show 'ElecTRONica' based on the Tron Legacy, both shows are in Disney's Californian Adventure.

Most recently and his biggest project to date was choreographing Disneyland's newest Parade 'Soundsational' which opened to rave reviews from the LA Times.

Joshua also made his TV debut in May 2011 as the new Judge on 'Dancing with the Stars' in Australia with the channel seven network. He joins the show in their 11th series.

If choreography wasn't enough, Joshua is also an energetic TV Host, passionate 'ideas man' and aims to one day fulfill his life long dream to become a Disney 'Imagineer'.