Lonii Garnons-Williams
Rehearsal Director
About
Darwin-born Lonii Garnons-Williams trained at the Queensland Dance School of Excellence and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
In her early career as a freelance artist, Garnons-Williams worked with several celebrated companies, including Dancenorth, Leigh Warren & Dancers, State Opera of South Australia, Co3, Queensland Ballet and Australian Dance Theatre.
She joined Australian Dance Theatre as an ensemble member in 2015, performing in Be Yourself, Habitus and Beginning of Nature. In 2016, she was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer for her role in Habitus, presented at the Adelaide Festival.
Garnons-Williams then spent time in Toronto, Canada, joining Red Sky Performance for its 2017–2019 seasons. During this period, she performed in three mainstage productions and choreographed for a collaboration with Harbourfront Centre. She performed at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, and toured extensively across Europe, presenting 26 shows throughout the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Poland. She also worked with Human Body Expression and ProArteDanza in several productions.
Returning to Australia in 2020, she debuted with Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) in Arc at Brisbane Festival. She also appeared in ADC’s two dance films: Cass Mortimer Eipper’s Liminal and Jack Lister’s Still Life.
In her early career as a freelance artist, Garnons-Williams worked with several celebrated companies, including Dancenorth, Leigh Warren & Dancers, State Opera of South Australia, Co3, Queensland Ballet and Australian Dance Theatre.
She joined Australian Dance Theatre as an ensemble member in 2015, performing in Be Yourself, Habitus and Beginning of Nature. In 2016, she was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer for her role in Habitus, presented at the Adelaide Festival.
Garnons-Williams then spent time in Toronto, Canada, joining Red Sky Performance for its 2017–2019 seasons. During this period, she performed in three mainstage productions and choreographed for a collaboration with Harbourfront Centre. She performed at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, and toured extensively across Europe, presenting 26 shows throughout the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Poland. She also worked with Human Body Expression and ProArteDanza in several productions.
Returning to Australia in 2020, she debuted with Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) in Arc at Brisbane Festival. She also appeared in ADC’s two dance films: Cass Mortimer Eipper’s Liminal and Jack Lister’s Still Life.
In 2021, she performed in Aftermath, a collaboration between Amy Hollingsworth, Jack Lister and The Kite String Tangle’s Danny Harley. That same year, she performed in Succession—a joint production with the company’s Youth Ensemble—and choreographed one of the works, A Study of You and I.
In May 2021, she performed at QPAC in THREE, ADC’s triple bill featuring works by Jack Lister, Melanie Lane and Hofesh Shechter, and returned in September for Alisdair Macindoe’s Forgery at Brisbane Festival.
In 2022, Garnons-Williams toured nationally with the original THREE and performed in its second iteration at Brisbane Powerhouse, featuring works by Cass Mortimer Eipper, Kate Harman and Gabrielle Nankivell. She was also featured in Warped Observance, a film by Kiosk Film highlighting Bethany Cordwell’s designs, choreographed by Jack Lister.
Since welcoming her daughter in 2023, Garnons-Williams has stepped into a mentoring role, teaching and adjudicating for multiple Queensland full-time courses and national awards. She has completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and continues to lead contemporary and tumbling classes for pre-professional program students and ADC Company Artists. She is looking forward to performing with The Farm in their upcoming 2026 production, Death Piece, and has taken on the role of Rehearsal Director at Australasian Dance Collective.
In May 2021, she performed at QPAC in THREE, ADC’s triple bill featuring works by Jack Lister, Melanie Lane and Hofesh Shechter, and returned in September for Alisdair Macindoe’s Forgery at Brisbane Festival.
In 2022, Garnons-Williams toured nationally with the original THREE and performed in its second iteration at Brisbane Powerhouse, featuring works by Cass Mortimer Eipper, Kate Harman and Gabrielle Nankivell. She was also featured in Warped Observance, a film by Kiosk Film highlighting Bethany Cordwell’s designs, choreographed by Jack Lister.
Since welcoming her daughter in 2023, Garnons-Williams has stepped into a mentoring role, teaching and adjudicating for multiple Queensland full-time courses and national awards. She has completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and continues to lead contemporary and tumbling classes for pre-professional program students and ADC Company Artists. She is looking forward to performing with The Farm in their upcoming 2026 production, Death Piece, and has taken on the role of Rehearsal Director at Australasian Dance Collective.
Past Productions
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