Wendy Jones (MA, BA) is a choreographer and dance educator in San Francisco who has the privilege of combining these two passions into a profession. As director of dance at Lowell High School, she founded a four-tier program emphasizing holistic learning, student collaboration, performance choreography, and movement practices. Founded in 2000, Lowell Dance Company regularly performs choreography (by Jones, students, and professional master teachers) throughout the SF Bay Area. Jones has shared her teaching methods and choreography in high schools across California, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco, American River College, and Shawl Anderson Dance Center. Outside of school, she has continued to perform personally, and her company, Jones Dance, has welcomed back post-college Lowell Dance alumni and featured in several seasons of the Vision Series, the Dance Is Festival, Dance Mission’s Spring Forward, and Shawl Anderson’s Salon Series.