Monique Jonas

Training/Education: Monique began dancing with the Chance to Dance programme before training at the Arts Educational Schools London. She completed her training at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, and received her Masters Degree from The London Contemporary Dance School, passing with distinction.

Professional Experience: Monique has 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.
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, Pegasus Opera, Reebok and London Fashion Week to name a few. She recently premiered her work FLOCK on ENBS at the Peacock Theatre in 2023, a full length work called Siren Calls with Serendipity Institute UK in Leicester in 2022, and a new creation, QUICKSILVER for Trinity Laban at the Creekside Laban Theatre, London in 2025 amongst others.
Monique is also a guest contemporary tutor at The Royal Ballet School, The Dang and formerly at English National Ballet School. She is a Ballet Futures Lecturer with English National Ballet. She teaches as a guest for London Contemporary Dance School, National Youth Ballet, Dilek Taptik School of Dance, Artistry Youth Dance, New Adventures and Laban CAT to name a few.
Over the years, Monique has also worked with Rambert Dance Company, Ben Duke, Agudo Dance, Vidya Patel, 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 and Kae Tempest, and Kylie Minogue.

Monique Jonas Choreographer