Don Quixote (staging)
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Susan Jones was born in York,
Pennsylvania and began her
early dance training there. She
continued her studies with
Lucille Hood at the Rockville
School of Ballet, Rockville,
Maryland, and with Mary Day
at the Washington School of
Ballet in Washington,
D.C.
In 1969, she accepted an
apprenticeship with the Joffrey
Ballet, dancing 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.
She was appointed Assistant
Ballet Mistress in 1978.
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.
Miss Jones has returned to
ABT after a three-year absence
during which she mounted
Natalia Makarova's full-length
La Bayadère
for the Ballet del Teatro Colon
in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
and Mikhail Barysnikov's
production of Don Quixote
(Kitri's Wedding) for The
Royal
Ballet.
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