Lana Jones

Early life and training Jones was born in Coffs Harbour, but soon relocated to Canberra. She started her ballet training at the Canberra Youth Ballet School, where her principal trainer was Lorraine Bennett. Lana competed in the Genée Awards in London at the end of 1998, gaining a silver medal, In 1999, she relocated to Melbourne to train at the Australian Ballet School and graduated in 2002.

Selected repertoire The Firebird in The Firebird Cinderella in Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella Kitri in Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote Odette/Odile in Stephen Baynes’ Swan Lake Manon in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon Giselle in Maina Gielgud's Giselle Odette and Baroness von Rothbart in Graeme Murphy's Swan Lake Aurora in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty Pas de deux from After the Rain Apollo

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Awards Source: Lissa Black Scholarship 2010 Khitercs Hirai Foundation Scholarship 2009 Australian Dance Award for outstanding performance by a female dancer in The Firebird 2009 Green Room Award for best female dancer in The Firebird 2009 Helpmann Award for best female dancer in The Firebird 2009 Helpmann Award for best female dancer in Forgotten Land 2006 Freda May Irving Scholarship 2006

Personal life Jones is married to fellow Australian Ballet principal artist Daniel Gaudiello. They have a son and two dogs. Outside of ballet, Jones enjoy photography and jet skiing.