Alexandra Rene Jones

Born: Indianapolis, Indiana 

Training: Jordan Academy of Dance at Butler University; Indianapolis School of Ballet; Indiana University Ballet Theatre Class of 2021 (B.S. in Ballet with an Outside Field in Kinesiology, Minor in Psychology, & EMT Certification through the National Registry). 

Professional Experience: Ballet Rhode Island (Previously Festival Ballet Providence); Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project, Dance Theatre of Harlem (third 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*. 

(*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”.