LEADERSHIP

LINCOLN JONES

DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER

Lincoln Jones was born in Fullerton, California, and began dancing at the age of nineteen. He was awarded scholarships to the Joffrey, San Francisco, Pennsylvania, and Milwaukee schools. At twenty-three, Lincoln joined the Columbia City Ballet in South Carolina, then moved to New York City, where he taught ballet at Broadway Dance Center, Peridance, and DanceSpace, and danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

In 2011, Jones founded American Contemporary Ballet in Los Angeles with Theresa Farrell. He conceived a groundbreaking partnership with The Da Camera Society in MUSIC+DANCE: LA, combining Da Camera’s long experience with music and presentation with his own approach to ballet as a musical art form. In ACB’s first season, Los Angeles Magazine called Jones’ ballet Serenade in A “…a multifaceted snapshot of beautiful choreography crisply integrated with music.”

Jones’ acclaimed programming for ACB includes his presentation of Balanchine works (The New York Times recognized ACB for furthering the choreographer’s legacy on the West Coast) and reconstructions of important historical ballets. His original works (including 2016’s Adamiana) have been the subjects of several Los Angeles Times profiles and reviews, which have praised both his choreographic work and the significance of his programming. In recent seasons, Jones has presented dance in increasingly compelling and creative formats, staging immersive productions of Inferno (to Charles Wuorinen’s “The Mission of Virgil”), The Nutcracker Suite, and Astaire Dances. The LA Downtowner wrote, "The American Contemporary Ballet is truly an experience unlike anything ever before, something one must see to believe."

Jones has also fostered a cultural community around dance with educational programs that bring audiences further inside the art. The Los Angeles Times noted of one such presentation, “Jones made the most complex issues seem like child's play in a beguiling 'Dance and Design'.”

Jones recently performed with ACB at the Houston Grand Opera’s 2018 Opera Ball, presenting both the work of Fred Astaire and his own choreography. He has given talks on ballet with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and The Da Camera Society, and choreographed ballet in commercials for Apple, Facebook, Virgin Mobile, BSI Bank, and other international brands.

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FOUNDERS CIRCLe

Liz Atherton
Sheila Berry
Homeira Goldstein
Lincoln Jones
Kathleen Miller
Nichole Perkins
Wayne Ratkovich
Nino Rodriguez
Katherine Roth
Gregg Sherkin
Philip A. Swan

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