Monique Jonas (she/her)
Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June
Contemporary class is inspired by Cunningham Technique, infused with a groove and connecting to rhythm through music and flow. Sharp shifts of weight layered with dynamics and soul are used to awaken the interconnectivity of the body and our love for movement.
About Monique
Monique began dancing with the Chance to Dance programme before training at the Arts Educational Schools London. She completed her training at Rambert School, and received her Masters Degree from The London Contemporary Dance School 2017.
Monique recently played the role of Juliet in Mathew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, which toured internationally in 2024. She joined New Adventures in 2019 and has performed across multiple productions in that time. She, however, started her career with Richard Alston Dance Company as an apprentice in 2016 and toured extensively, both nationally and internationally with RADC, until their final performance in 2020. She is currently touring in Dickson Mbi’s Company’s new production of Tellus.
Additionally Monique founded her own dance company, Jona Dance in 2019. She has been choreographing, movement directing, teaching and producing work both online and in person. Jona Dance have created for Ballet Black, Miller Harris, Reebok and London Fashion Week to name a few. She premiered her work FLOCK on ENBS at the Peacock Theatre in 2023, Within Each Border in Barcelona in 2025 and a full length work Recolllections London contemporary Dance School at The Place Theatre, London in 2025 amongst others. She most recently movement directed for Edem Wornoo’s Sci-fi - fantasy short film End Of Play which premiered in 2025.
Monique is also a guest artist with Chance to Dance at The Royal Ballet and Opera, a guest contemporary tutor at London Contemporary Dance School, Fabric CAT, Laban CAT, English National Ballet’s Ballet Futures, Artistry Youth Dance and more.
Over the years, Monique has worked with Rambert Dance Company, Dickson Mbi, Ben Duke, Agudo Dance, Vidya Patel , Liam Francis, Clod Ensemble and commercially on the Brit Awards (2021) BBC Drama; The Pursuit of Love (2021), The Marvels (Disney 2023), The REGIME (HBO, 2024) Jamie Cullum, Kae Tempest, and Kylie Minogue.
