About Me

My name is Emily Arden Jones and I am originally from and trained in Louisville, Kentucky. I began dancing at the age of seven at a small studio near my home and fell involve with it immediately. Through the years I danced in several different studios and explored different styles. For the majority of my life I was an enthusiastic jazz and tap dancer up until I enrolled in a Martha Graham modern course at the age of twelve. I was trained in Graham technique for four years and before I decided to attend a performing arts high school and pursue a modern dance track.

I took on courses at the Youth Performing Arts School and Manual High School in Louisville, KY. There I focused on my track as a dance major under the training of under Kimberly Herndon, Lora Ruttan and Theresea Mudd. At YPAS I received a primarily Jose Limon style training and fell absolutely in love with it.

Throughout this program I received opportunities to choreograph, perform research and attend the National High School Dance Festival. I choreographed several pieces my last two years and took one of them to a student show titled New Works where I set lighting, staging and costuming, an experience that served an eye opening experience in what I wanted to take further with dance arts. I recently explored a thesis titled, “Health in Motion” in which I studied healthy habits and nutrition in dancers. Ever since I explored the topic and documented my progress and findings onto a website I created, I have been more interested into all parts of dance; artistically, mentally and physically and connecting them.

The National High School Dance Festival was the opportunity I had before attending the Ohio State University that I was able to travel with dance and perform out of state lines. For the years 2013 through 2015 I was a dancer in faculty work that was adjudicated and accepted to perform at the festivals performances. This gave me a wonderful insight onto the bigger world of dance that truly exists out there and the chance to perform in front of teachers and dancers that I highly respect was inspiration for my college years.