Jonathan Tanner

Born

1999-01-17

Birthplace

Spanish Fork, Utah, USA

Biography

From Spanish Fork, Utah, Johnathan is a BFA graduate of the Music Dance Theatre program at BYU, and was a member of LINK Class 6 in NYC. Johnathan has been trained in multiple genres of dance, including Hip Hop, Ballroom, Contemporary, Jazz, Ballet, and Tap. He has danced with BYU’s Contemporary Dance Theater, and BYU’s Young Ambassadors, the latter giving him the opportunity to be dance captain and assistant director. He has won multiple awards in dance, ranging from being a finalist at National Ballroom competitions in Amateur Cabaret and Amateur Smooth, to being a state of Utah sterling scholar finalist in Dance. He has had the opportunity to dance with Colbie Caillat, Sutton Foster, Kelli O’Hara, David Archuleta, Kristen Chenoweth, and Alex Boyé. He also competed with FWD dance crew in the Red Bull Bracket Reel challenge on Red Bull Tv. He has excelled on the piano and violin, the latter giving him the opportunity to perform twice in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, with an international high school symphony orchestra, made up of musicians from around the world. Some of Johnathan's recent credits include: Chet in the 1st National Tour of The Outsiders (Broadway National Tour), Jerry in An American in Paris (The Ruth Theater), Ensemble/Putnam u/s in 3 Summers of Lincoln (La Jolla Playhouse), Will in Emote: The Musical (Off-Broadway), Charlie Brown u/s in You’re a…Charlie Brown (Secret Theater NYC), Ensemble/Swing in The Nutty Professor (Hale Center Theatre), Henry in Disney's Newsies (Hale Center Theatre), and Ensemble in Godspell (Brigham Young University).