Master Class with American Ballet Theatre's Susan Jones

Event Type
Class
Event Description

Class: Advanced Ballet 
When: Saturday, Oct 4, 2014 
Time: 11:00 AM -12:30 PM 

Drop-In Rate: $20/$15 Professional & College Student (Please note that Class Cards and packages are not applicable to Master Classes) 

Susan Jones is Ballet Mistress for the American Ballet Theatre. Born in York, Pennsylvania, she began her dance training at an early age, eventually accepting an apprenticeship with the Joffrey Ballet in 1969. She danced with the original Joffrey II, and made her professional debut with the New York City Opera - Robert Joffrey, choreographic director. Miss Jones joined American Ballet Theatre in 1971 and danced with the Company for eight successive seasons. Among her roles were the Cowgirl in Rodeo and Lizzie Bordon as a child in Fall River Legend. Her transition from dancing to staff began in 1976 when she assisted Twyla Tharp with Push Comes to Shove. Retiring as a dancer at the close of the 1979/80 season, she was appointed Ballet Mistress in the spring of 1980 and Regisseur in 1982. After the birth of her daughter, Miss Jones took a three-year leave, returning as ABT Ballet Mistress in 1994 where she presently works. In 1995 Miss Jones staged Don Quixote with ABT Artistic Director, Kevin McKenzie. She had the honor of working with The Royal Ballet on two occasions: staging Mikhail Barysnikov's production of Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding) and Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove. She has free-lanced, staging Natalia Makarova's full-length La Bayadère in Argentina, Chile, Poland, Spain and Finland. Miss Jones first staged Makarova’s La Bayadere, Kingdom of the Shades for San Francisco Ballet in 2000.In the spring of 2014 Miss Jones had the honor of staging Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia with the Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg. Recently her 2013 ABT staging of Tharp’s Bach Partita was nominated for a Bessie Award in the Best Revival category. 

American Ballet Theatre performs Oct 3-5, 2014 at the Auditorium Theatre. 
For information/tickets please visit www.auditoriumtheatre.org 
or www.abt.org

Dance Styles
Ballet

Location

Ruth Page Center for the Arts

1016 N. Dearborn Parkway
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 337-6543