Ruth Jones – BA (Hons) Dance Theatre (Trinity Laban)
Ruth Jones has been a professional choreographer/ movement director, for over 30 years. She specialises in Outdoor work, Sited work, Mass choreography, Parades, and community dance. Ruth has created seven outdoor dance shows which currently tour and perform at many of the major festivals, including Greenwich and Docklands, Isle Of Wight Festival, etc. She has received commissions from Lakes Alive, the Waiblingen Festival of Light, Germany, Urban Moves International Festival, the National Festival of Making and the Stockton International Riverside Festival.
Ruth has created a wealth of Mass Movement and Parade choreographic work (often including delivery of Masterclasses) e.g. Green Space Dark Skies, an UNBOXED festival commission, with choreographed events, involving thousands, in National Parks of the UK, 2022/ has worked on the Platinum Jubilee Parade with Hemingway Design, in London, 2022, a BBC world event/ Manchester Day Parade with 2000 performers, since inception (produced by Walk The Plank), Manchester Pride lead parade section, since 2016. Indeed, Ruth works for a number of diverse clients, creating outdoor work.
Ruth also choreographs for theatre and has choreographed over 50 professional theatre productions in the UK, at venues such as York Theatre Royal, Bolton Octagon, and Sheffield Crucible.
Ruth additionally teaches and facilitates dance and movement in educational settings and community settings. She has been a guest teacher for Dalcroze UK for many years.
Ruth continues to teach private dance/movement/Laban lessons in her home dance studio: The Loft Dance Studio.