Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.


Articles by Deborah Jones

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Tributes flow for Liam Scarlett

Former dancers from Queensland Ballet express their sadness at the loss of Liam Scarlett, while Alexei Ratmansky writes on Facebook that Scarlett's knowledge he had no future as a choreographer "killed him".

April 18, 2021
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Liam Scarlett has died

One of Britain's most feted choreographers, until allegations of sexual misconduct brought his career to an abrupt end, has died at the age of 35.

April 18, 2021
Supported by City of Sydney

Review: Stop Girl (Belvoir)

Journalist Sally Sara’s fictionalised account of life as a foreign correspondent takes its audience behind the headlines.

March 25, 2021