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bec jones
Bec began dancing with
Robbyn Garrett-Doyle at Avant Ballet Studio, Adelaide. As a teenager,
Bec performed with The Australian Youth Ballet Company and completed
Cecchetti Ballet Syllabus examinations along with SACE Dance in
high school.
Bec completed her training
at Adelaide College of the Arts, receiving a Bachelor of Dance Performance
and performing in works by Jo Stone, Aidan Munn, Brooke Stamp, Leigh
Warren and Peter Sheedy. While in her third year at college, after
performing in Leigh Warren's Roadkill, Bec was asked to join
the company for the 2009 performance of Impulse at the Holland
Dance Festival.
2009 was an exciting
year for Bec. She made a successful application for extra funding
from The Helpmann Academy to stage the College's Graduating Showcase
and has also choreographed and performed at a corporate awards event.
Upon graduating in 2009, Bec received the Helpmann Academy's South
Australian Rising Star award presented by The Minter Ellison Law
Firm in Adelaide.
In 2010 Bec joined the
company and also co-choreographed an independent short-work for
Ausdance's choreolab season titled Portal. Bec has been a
sessional lecturer at Adelaide College of the Arts and teaches public
dance classes for the company, along with ballet and contemporary
at various levels.
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