Levinia Jones

South Africa

Levinia Jones holds a BADA Honours degree from Wits University majoring in Physical Theatre and Performing Arts Management. Levinia is passionate about holistic education and development. She is currently the DFL Projects Manager and Festival Director. She took up this position in 2010 after returning from travels across India and Thailand.

This year has also seen Levinia lecture at Wits University on the Performing Arts Management course at fourth year level. In May she co-choreographed (with Jessica Denyschen) a physical theatre performance titled T/here for the Wits Arts and Literature (WALE)  festival. She was the Festival Director for the WALE Festival in 2010.

In 2008 she choreographed 23 Doors for the Small Stakes Festival in Johannesburg. In the same year she was also nominated for an MEC award for her performance in Touch, choreographed by Athena Mazarakis.

From 2008 to 2009, Levinia was the Programme Manager for DFL. During this period, she assisted with the Initial Drama for Life Workshop Festival and the first Africa Research Conference in Applied Drama and Theatre. Levinia has been privileged enough to see 3 years of DFL students through the Scholarship programme.

With 10 years of professional teaching experience, Levinia has taught drama and movement in South Africa and Botswana, both privately and within the school syllabi. She has taught I.E.B, O.E.B, A Level, Trinity College London, South African Guild and Matric drama systems. Levinia’s students have ranged from 3 years old to adults.

Levinia co-authored the Creative and Performing Arts syllabus (student and teacher manuals) for the Botswana Department of Education, published by Longman Botswana. In addition, she created and facilitated teachers training programs in the new syllabus for schools in Botswana.