Josef studied at The McDonald College of the Arts and at The Australian Ballet School. He’s a former Soloist with The Australian Ballet, a Principal performer with Modern Dans Topluluguu (Ankara, Turkey), Nomad Dance Theatre and Sydney Dance Company. Josef performed in the musicals Man of La Mancha and An Officer and a Gentleman yet is best known for originating the role of Johnny Castle in, Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage (Australia, NZ, London’s West End, & pre-Broadway tour of the USA) for which he was awarded, Most Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical at the Australian Dance Awards. As an actor Josef played: Patrick in the ABC TV series, Dance Academy, Auctus in Spartacus - Gods of the Arena (STARZ Network - USA), Dale Canning on Home & Away, Dr. Mike on Home & Away, Graham King in Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mystery’s, Bryce Anderson in the feature film, Buckley’s Chance and was two+ years playing Matt Turner on the beloved Aussie drama, Neighbours. Josef was writer/producer on the ABC TV documentary Art, During Siege, on the webisode series, At the Fork, screenwriter on multiple episodes for Neighbours and has written dozens of dance related articles and interviews primarily in his role as, Relations & Development Director at MDM Dancewear. He was co-Founder of CINEMOVES - a forum for dance & movement on screen, a sitting board member on the NSW Council for the Arts - Dance Board, and choreographer on the musical Every Single Saturday and for the Sydney Dance Company production, Shifted. Josef is the co-founder and Managing Director, of The Library Aesthetic - dance media.