Alexander Jones was born in Rochford, Essex, Great Britain. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School in London and graduated in 2005. He joined the Royal Ballet School on tours to Japan and New York. He also took part successfully in several competitions. In 2004 he won the gold medal at the Adeline Genée Competition in Athens and he received the Dame Ninette de Valois Prize in 2005.
In 2005/06 Alexander Jones joined the Stuttgart ballet as a member of the Corps de ballet. In the season 2007/08 he was promoted to Demi-Soloist, in 2008/09 to Soloist. After an amazing debut as Romeo in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet in April 2011, Artistic Director Reid Anderson promoted Alexander Jones to Principal Dancer from the season 2011/12 on.
REPERTOIRE
Leading Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
- Brouillards (John Cranko)
- Carmen (John Cranko, new production: Reid Anderson and Georgette Tsinguirides): Torero
- Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins): Role in Blue, Role in Purple
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck): Olivier Brusson, Cardillac's assistant and Madelon's lover
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Basilio, José-Antonio
- Dummy Run (Douglas Lee)
- Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián): Couple in Grey
- Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen)
- Fratres (John Neumeier)
- Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart): Friend, Pas de deux "The Lovers"
- Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Hilarion, Peasant-Pas de deux
- Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Hamlet
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): R., Second Theme
- Jeu de cartes (John Cranko)
- La fille mal gardée (Sir Frederick Ashton): Colas
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): James, Gurn
- Le Sacre du Printemps (Glen Tetley)
- Mono Lisa (Itzik Galili)
- My Way (Stephan Thoss)
- Onegin (John Cranko): Onegin
- Opus 1 (John Cranko): male lead
- Orphée et Euridice (Staging, Choreography : Christian Spuck)
- Othello (John Neumeier): Cassio
- Poème de l’extase (John Cranko): Vision
- RED in 3. (Jorma Elo)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Romeo, Count Paris
- Siebte Sinfonie (Uwe Scholz): male lead
- Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko): Benno, Cavalier of the Princess of Spain
- The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine): Phlegmatic
- The Lady and the fool (John Cranko): Moondog, Officer
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Armand Duval, Gaston Rieux
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Prince of the North, Blue Bird, Cavalier
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan): the Man
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Petrucchio, Pas de six
- The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)
Specially created Roles- Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Horatio
- Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi): Tonda
- Letters of Others (Bridget Breiner)
- Leviathan (Douglas Lee)
- Yantra (Wayne McGregor)
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers- Absolute (Brent Parolin)
- Hope Mountain (Evan McKie)
- Le Bal de Bals (Selatin Kara)
- on and on and on (Demis Volpi)
- Slight Erosion (Brent Parolin)
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- Carmen (John Cranko, new production: Reid Anderson and Georgette Tsinguirides)
- Corps (Hans van Manen)
- Goecke at the Chamber: The Nutcracker (Marco Goecke)
- I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
- Onegin (John Cranko)
- Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko): Prince’s companion
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Manon’s admirer a.o.
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa)
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
- Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
- Viciouswishes (Marco Goecke)
- Voluntaries (Glen Tetley)