Dancers

Sophie Jones

Sophie grew up in Angourie NSW and trained with Adele Lewis School of Dance. At the age of 14 she moved to Burleigh Heads, Queensland to begin full time ballet training and further her studies with Prudence Bowen Atelier. After extensive years of training she received a traineeship with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago where she worked with numerous choreographers and performed Etudes by Harald Lander, and George Balanchine’s Serenade. After discovering an interest in contemporary dance, Sophie completed her diploma and advanced diploma with Sydney Dance Company’s Pre Professional Year in 2020 and 2021. During this time she had the opportunity to perform works by Holly Doyle, Omer Backley-Astrachan, Jessica Goodfellow and Rafael Bonachela. Sophie joined Sydney Dance Company as a Trainee in January 2022, supported by the David and Fee Hancock Foundation.

Alex Macnab

Alex is a contemporary dance artist from Naarm / Melbourne. She completed her training at the New Zealand School of Dance and Transit Dance, graduating from Transit with a Diploma of Professional Dance (2022). In 2019 Alex performed in the Melbourne Fringe Festival in a work choreographed by Sarah Carinci and directed by Dudi Zvedeniuk. In 2022 she was offered a position to travel to London as a performer in the Commonwealth Games Handover Closing Ceremony, Birmingham, alongside Vanessa Amorosi, Baker Boy and Taylor Henderson. Alex recently undertook a placement at Sydney Dance Company as part of her prize for winning the Brisbane International Contemporary Dance Prix and has joined the Company for the Ascent season.

Connor McMahon

Connor began training at Planetdance in Sydney, Australia and continued his contemporary dance training at Ev & Bow, receiving his Diploma of Dance in 2021. During his final year, Connor made his musical theatre debut as Baby John in Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment’s production of West Side Story in Perth, WA, which toured nationally. Since graduating, Connor has performed in Sydney Choreographic Centre’s production Galileo with Francesco Ventriglia. Connor joined Sydney Dance Company in July 2022.