Joshua Hidson

dancer

Bio

Joshua Hidson joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 2019 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2024. During this time, he has danced roles such as the Nutcracker Prince and Drosselmeier in Galina Yordanova and Nina Menon’s Nutcracker, Mercutio in Rudi van Dantzig’s Romeo and Juliet, Hilarion in Peter Wright’s Giselle, Robert Louis Stevenson in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde, Bronze in Christopher Stowell’s The Sleeping Beauty, the Transformed Witch in Loughlan Prior’s Hansel & Gretel, Mr. Smee in Jorden Morris’s Peter Pan, as well as various roles in notable ballets such as Angelin Preljocaj’s Snow White, Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz, and Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo. 

Josh grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, where he began dancing at the age of three. At fifteen, he enrolled at Vimy Ridge Academy to attend the Vimy Dance program in partnership with the Edmonton School of Ballet. Upon graduation, Josh moved to Victoria, BC, to train at the Victoria Academy of Ballet where he completed a two-year diploma in classical ballet and contemporary dance. While training in Victoria, Josh had the opportunity to work as a guest artist with Ballet Kelowna in John Alleyne’s A Streetcar Named Desire, perform Alysa Pires’ The Four Seasons, and take part in Dance Victoria’s Choreographic Lab under the direction of Wen Wei Wang. In the spring of 2019, Josh was offered a contract with the RWB and moved to Winnipeg where he now lives with his wife, Tessa, and their puppy, Ranger.