​Josh Nixon began dancing at the Centreville Dance Academy in Virginia. As a well-rounded student of dance, Josh trained in ballet, lyrical, jazz. Mr. Nixon’s professional choice was the art of Tap Dance, encouraged by his trainers Pam McCormick and Heidi Stafford. Josh joined MYTE (Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble), a semi-professional company, based in Virginia under the direction of Katie Padgett and Jason Holley where he was exposed to performing opportunities throughout Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. performing live, corporate events and television commercial choreographic works, by Broadway veteran Joseph Webb and Crishon Jerome.

Mr. Nixon has become a well-respected Tap Dance Instructor, with the privilege of participating in residencies, workshops and festivals in over 30 states in America and 20 countries throughout the world. His professional career has afforded him the opportunity to serve as the Assistant Artistic Director to Joseph Webb’s youth company, House of Tap, and then Later the Artistic Director of his own company, SYTE & Sound. His continually evolving career has brought him to be seen in Dance Teacher and Dance Magazine features, production and performance opportunities alongside his mentors Chloe and Maud Arnold, Derick Grant, and Ted Louis Levy. Josh has performed with Chloe Arnold’s Apartment 33, Ryan Johnson’s SOLE Defined and Heidi Stafford’s Sundays on Tap, and has also been fortunate enough to perform in Brazil on multiple occasions with Tap: New Generation. Recent Credits include the Root 100 Awards, Lincoln Center, The Smithsonian Institution, MS Europa 2 cruise ship, and choreography for the national Miss America Pageant. As a teacher, Josh has taught at multiple Tap Festivals worldwide, and is currently a Judge & Convention Faculty member for EPIC Dance Showcase and Symposium National Talent.

Josh passes on his love, respect and knowledge for tap dance as a guest instructor at ahandful of Universities and studios throughout the VA/DC Metro Area, as well asproducing/directing the Central Florida Tap Festival and creating new works to be shown around the Orlando area soon!