bec jones

Adelaide dancer Bec began her training at Avant Ballet studio. As a teenager, she performed with The Australian Youth Ballet Company, and created a short work in year 12 at Golden Grove High SACE dance program.

Bec's fulltime training began in 2007 at Adelaide College of the Arts, where she had the opportunity of working with a range of industry professionals including Jo Stone, Larissa McGowan, Aidan Kane Munn and Leigh Warren. Prior to finishing her course, Bec was asked to join Leigh Warren & Dancers for their Netherlands tour of Impulse - for the Holland Dance Festival.

2009 was an exciting year for Bec, she was successful in gaining funding from The Helpmann Academy for the College's Graduating Showcase and was named the recipient of the Helpmann Academy's South Australian Rising Star award presented by The Minter Ellison Law Firm in Adelaide.

Bec graduated with a Bachelor of Dance Performance in 2009 and has since performed with LWD in over 6 festivals including Adelaide Festival, Womadelaide, Oz Asia Festival and Brisbane Festival.

In 2011, Bec was nominated for the Channel Nine Young Achiever Awards for Arts in South Australia. In between projects with LWD, Bec has performed with Opera Australia, choreographed collaboratively and independently for Ausdance's Choreolab. She choreographs regularly for SACE year 12 Dance at Golden Grove High.

With a passion for working in youth contemporary dance, Bec enjoys teaching students at high school level, extending through to lecturing at a tertiary level at Adelaide College of the Arts. Bec teaches adult public classes for Leigh Warren & Dancers along with other local dance schools. Outside of dance Bec is passionate about travel and music.