Born and raised in Scotland, Kally Lloyd-Jones trained at the Theatre Arts Ballet School and Central School of Ballet in London. Kally has worked extensively as a choreographer, dancer, teacher and choreologist in Scotland as well as London, Stockholm and Toronto with organisations which include the The Royal Ballet School, Benesh Institute, Royal Swedish Ballet, Scottish Opera, RSAMD, Ontario School of Ballet, Ontario Ballet Theatre, The Aleph Company, Spinal Chord Projects, Dance House, Right2Dance, Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust, Telford College and various independant choreographers. Company Chordelia, her own dance company has been awarded Projects and Touring grants from the Scottish Arts Council since 2003, and she has choreographed Blood, Sweat and Shopping, Saturday Night Divas, Play On!, Cinderella Pilot Error! , Red Shoes (d. M.Popper) and 73 1/2 Minutes To Make A Good Impression (d. M.Popper). She has also been doing aerial work since 2002. Kally has performed regularly for Spinal Chord Projects, performed in Steinvor Palsson’s Scots Wi’Hay for Off Kilter produced by Dance Base. She was commissioned to create and perform in a traditional dance fusion piece by the Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust, has choreographed Scottish Opera On Tour’s La Boheme, The Sleeping Beauty for The King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream for the RSAMD, directed by Cathie Boyd, FlyGlobespan TV commercial and Polkadots & Moonbeams for Elevate Youth Dance Company. Kally has been on tour with David Hughes Dance Company, performing works by David and Rafael Bonachela, performed with Tartan Chameleon and The Paragon Ensemble in the Rite of Spring, played the lead female role in the play Sealskin Trousers directed by Jonothan Campbell, choreographed Die Fledermaus for Scottish Opera On Tour and Don Giovanni for the RSAMD, movement directed Green Whale and Wee Witches for Licketyspit Theatre Company, The Ballad for Aye! Productions, Cinderella for Scottish Opera On Tour & Dream Angus for 5:15, Scottish Opera. Recently she has movement directed/choreographed for Scottish Opera: A Night At The Chinese Opera, Two Widows and The Secret Marriage as well as Love For Three Oranges and Tales of Hoffmann for the RSAMD. In September 2009 she directed Katya Kabanova for Scottish Opera. She has been published in Dance Magazine (New York) and has an MA in English Literature and Film Studies.
“the fantastically dextrous Kally Lloyd-Jones plays a trio of dancers”
- Metro
OTHER CHOREOGRAPHY AND MOVEMENT DIRECTING:
HEARTEARTHREATH, TELFORD COLLEGE 2008
“Heartearthreath, choreographed by Kally Lloyd-Jones of Company Cordelia, told most memorably of a man caught up in the memories of his past loves. As he lies asleep with the one person who has been able to really move him, his past loves haunt his dreams in a startling and sensual piece of dance.”
Thom Dibdin / The Scotsman
TWO WIDOWS, SCOTTISH OPERA“superb choreography” |
GREEN WHALE, LICKETYSPIT THEATRE“tremendous physicality” |
DIE FLEDERMAUS, SCOTTISH OPERA
“from choreographer Kally Lloyd-Jones, some of the best choreography I have seen on a small stage: upbeat, trendy, brilliantly co-ordinated, full-on dancing that should have you falling about with laughter”
Michael Tumelty / The Herald
Photo by Richard Campbell
LA BOHEME, SCOTTISH OPERA ON TOUR
“the chair choreography of sassy lassie Musetta, a show stopper on it own”
Keith Bruce / The Herald
Photo by Richard Campbell
SECRET MARRIAGE, SCOTTISH OPERA
“the movement direction is consistently slick”
Independent On Sunday
“Kally Lloyd-Jones has the cast moving with the speed and skill so important to the delivery of this kind of comedy, with its touch of farce”
Sunday Herald
A NIGHT AT THE CHINESE OPERA, SCOTTISH OPERA
Photo by Richard Campbell
THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES, RSAMD
“Kally Lloyd-Jones’s movement direction, as ever, had its own integrity: .. it was a real touch of brilliance…”
Michael Tumelty / The Herald
OPERA DIRECTING:
KATYA KABANOVA, SCOTTISH OPERA
“An illuminationg evening”
Kenneth Walton / The Scotsman ****
“…sensitively directed by Kally Lloyd-Jones. It will sear your senses”
Michael Tumelty / The Herald ****