# @lsu.dance on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHogDs5SPJ9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30811898-lsudance-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-25T18:44:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** LSU Department of Dance (@lsu.dance) — https://gondola.cc/lsu.dance

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT- Jonna Cox 🩰🎼

Jonna Cox recently joined the faculty at LSU Dance to teach our intermediate ballet course. Although she’s only been a part of the program for this semester, she carries years of expertise and professional experience. Read below to learn more about Jonna! 

“Jonna Cox began her ballet training in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas, under Larry and Bettye Roquemore and later with Christina Munro. She is currently the Co-Artistic Director of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre (BRBT). She holds a BFA in Ballet from Texas Christian University where she was a Nordan Fine Arts Scholar. She also spent summers as a student at Summer Dance Intensives with Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet (on scholarship), and NYU. She danced professionally with the Dayton Ballet under the direction of James Clouser and enjoyed performing lead roles in Pas de Quatre, Swan Lake, and Clouser’s Carmina Burana and Surprise Symphony. After moving to Baton Rouge in 1996, she joined BRBT and proved herself a proficient dancer in both the classical and contemporary styles of dance. She has performed various works by Molly Buchmann, Susan Perlis, and Edgar Anido. She has danced the roles of Spanish and Azalea Fairy in BRBT’s Nutcracker: A Tale from the Bayou, and the Sylph Queen in Winthrop Corrie’s Snow White. A ballet instructor at the Dancers’ Workshop for 25 years, Jonna attended Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Teacher Training and is a certified Progressing Ballet Technique instructor. Jonna was awarded a scholarship to attend the Regional Dance America Craft of Choreography Conference as an Emerging Choreographer for her piece Butterflies. Since then, she has choreographed many works for BRBT. Her works, Chillingham and Inspirata, were selected to be performed at RDA Festival with Inspirata receiving Gala status. She has choreographed numerous Christian Youth Theatre musical productions, and is the Co-Director of BRBT’s Youth Ballet Summer Tour.“

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LSU Department of Dance | @lsu.dance | https://gondola.cc/lsu.dance | Dance Team |
| Olivia Johnson | @oliviajohn_13 | https://gondola.cc/oliviajohn_13 | Digital Creator |
| Olivia Johnson | @oliviajohn_13 | https://gondola.cc/oliviajohn_13 | Social Media Specialist |

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facultyspotlight, performance, lsu, dance, lsudance, balletteacher, ballet

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