Monique
Jonas
MONIQUE JONAS
info@jonadance.com
Nationality/Citizenship: British
Languages: English
Ethnicity/Background: Jamaican
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
MATHEW BOURNE’S NEW ADVENTURES
Currently Juliet in Romeo & Juliet (UK & International Tour)
March 2019 until August 2024
AGUDO DANCE COMPANY
Guest Artist, UK
July 2022
JONA DANCE
Artistic Director, Choreographer, Movement Director, Teacher
January 2020 until present
RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY
Company Dancer, UK and International
August 2016 - 2020
VIDYA PATEL
Rehearsal Director & Dance Artist
May 2022 until present
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
May 2017 - 2019
INTERNATIONALE TANZWOCHEN
Neuss, Germany
March 2017
PEAK PERFORMANCES
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
February 2017
FALL FOR DANCE
New York City Centre, USA
September 2016
HAYDN’S CREATION
Rambert Dance Company, Garsington Opera
July 2016
A LINHA CURVA
Itzik Galili, Rambert Dance Company
May 2016
TV & FILM EXPERIENCE
THE REGIME
(DANCER)
HBO
2024
THE MARVELS
(CORE DANCER)
DISNEY
2023
ANTMAN QUANTUMANIA
DISNEY
2023
THE PURSUIT OF LOVE
(FEATURED DANCER)
BBC 1
2021
RECENT COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
KAE TEMPEST
“No Prizes”
March 2022
KYLIE MINOGUE
“Can’t stop writing songs about you”
April 2022
BRIT AWARDS
Elton John and Years and Years
May 2021
VV BROWN
“Black British”
2023
AWA
24/7, Sony
May 2021
JAMIE CULLUM
‘Hang Your Lights’ Just Fred Productions
November 2020
PALOMA FAITH
‘Gold’ Sony
August 2020
AMAARAE
‘Jumping Ship’, Arcade Films
October 2020
CHARLES JEFFERY
Theo Adams Company
July 2018
CHOREOGRAPHY AND RECENT COMMISSIONS
FLOCK
Commissioned by English National Ballet School 2023
SIREN CALLS
Commissioned by Serendipity Institute UK
2022
INFINITE
Commissioned by National Youth Ballet
2022
LONDON FASHION WEEK
Commissioned for Preen by Thornton Bregazzi
2022
BUTTERFLY AFFECT
Movement Direction for DBK Studios short film
2021
OVERFLOW
Commissioned by Rambert School
2021
EIGHTFOLD
Commissioned by Ballet Black
2021
CHECKMATE
A new dance film commissioned by New Adventures
Dec 2020
SKIN DEEP
A docu-film commissioned by Jona Dance
Sept 2020
YOUNG KING
Movement direction
July 2020
FALL TO RISE
Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
June 2020
TOH-KUHN
Live performance for Jona Dance
Jan 2020
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/ QUALIFICATIONS
TRAINED AT THE RAMBERT SCHOOL OF BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Ba(Hons) First Class Degree
RECEIVED HER MASTERS OF ARTS AT THE LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE SCHOOL
Ma First Class Degree
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL
Contemporary Tutor 2021 -2022
RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY
In-house teacher/lecturer for 4 years specialising in Cunningham Technique, Alston Repertory, and creative sessions ages 7+
BALLET FUTURES LECTURER- ENB
2022 until present
ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL
Modern Tutor (2022-2023)
Choreographic Mentor (2023)
NEW ADVENTURES
Company Class & Education and Outreach
JONA DANCE
Company Class and in-house Contemporary Teacher Cunningham fusion classes
DILEK TAPTIK SCHOOL OF DANCE
Guest lecturer facilitating Ballet (ages 4-15), Tap (ages 7+) and Jazz (ages 5+)