Joseph Taylor is very excited to join Dancing With The Waco Stars as a dancer after serving as a judge for last year’s competition. Joe holds a BFA and MFA in Dance from Florida State University. Upon graduation, Joe was commissioned to choreograph abroad for a French dance company, Force Jazz; which led to a career-length venture with multiple dance companies in France. Since then, he has choreographed more than 50 original choreographic works including an evening-length piece titled; Tales of Airn, which is based on a children’s book written by James Clinton. As a professional dancer, Joe has had the honor to have worked for Walt Disney World dancing in Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage show at Disney Studios for 5 years; dancing on the high seas with Stiletto Entertainment on Holland-America Line ships for 2 years and performing up and down the East Coast in various Dinner Theatre venues. In 2006, he started teaching in the collegiate studio and choreographing/directing musicals. In 2019, he joined the faculty at McLennan Community College as Associate Professor of Theatre Movement and Dance where he continues to share his passion for dance and theatre with his students.