Alexandra Rene Jones

Born: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Training: Jordan Academy of Dance at Butler University; Indianapolis School of Ballet; Summer Intensives with Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre & Philadelphia Ballet.

Education: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (B.S. in Ballet with an Outside Field in Kinesiology, Minor in Psychology, & EMT Certification through the National Registry).

Professional Experience: Guest Artist with Indianapolis Ballet & Dance Kaleidoscope; Ballet Rhode Island (2021-2023); Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project; Revolve Dance Project; Dance Theatre of Harlem (fourth season).

Repertoire: George Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie, Walpurgisnacht, Concerto Barocco, Allegro Brillante, Donizetti Variations, Pas de Dix; Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel: A Dance; Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies; Jerome Robbins’ The Concert; Robert Garland’s Return, New Bach, The Cookout*, Higher Ground, Nyman String Quartet No. II; William Forsythe’s Blake Works IV (The Barre Project), The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; Jodie Gates’ The Passage of Being*; John Taras’ The Firebird.

(*Originated Role) . Awards & Honors: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Premier Young Talent Scholarship, Music Faculty Award, and Carmack OEM Music Scholarship; Featured in the book “People of Indiana University”.