Alexander Jones, founder and artistic director of the downtown St. Pete international non profit dance company projectALCHEMY, is a graduate of University of South Florida, recent MFA graduate Hollins University studying dance. A native Floridian, Jones is a proud member of the Actor’s Equity Association and has performed for 13 years for Walt Disney World. Community and collaboration are at the forefront of Jones’s dance works with the company, as well as in and around St. Pete. He serves as the Dance Artists in Residence at the Studio@620, assisting in dance programming alongside Bob Devin Jones. Recently, Jones has been appointed Dance Specialist for the Rusche Dance Studio at The Pruitt Arts Education Center at WADA, where he helps to program dance classes and workshops for movers of all ages and ensure that local dance artists have access to affordable rehearsal space to create work and continue their movement practices.