"Mesmerising in execution"

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Lana Jones was born in Coffs Harbour, but moved to Canberra soon after where she commenced her ballet training at the Canberra Youth Ballet School. She moved to Melbourne in 1999 to join The Australian Ballet School, graduating dux to join The Australian Ballet in 2002. In 2005 she was promoted to Coryphée and won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award, the highest accolade of its kind for Australian Ballet dancers. A rising star within the ranks, Lana’s dancing has been critically acclaimed as "joyous and effervescent," with one writer declaring her performance in George Balanchine's Apollo as "supernatural". Lana was promoted to Senior Artist at the beginning of 2009.

Repertoire highlights

• Stanton Welch’s The Sleeping Beauty 2009
• Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake 2009
• Graeme Murphy’s Firebird 2009
• George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial 2008
• Grand pas classique 2008
• Semele 2008
• La Bayadère 2008
• Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon 2008
• Don Quixote 2007
• Diana and Actéon 2007
• Apollo 2007
• After the Rain© 2007
• Peter Wright's The Nutcracker 2007
• Giselle 2006
• Raymonda 2006
• Forgotten Land 2006
• Petite Mort 2006