Professor Colin Jones was born in London in 1936, his creative life has followed an unorthodox path, taking him from a working-class childhood in the East End of London to dancing in the English Royal Ballet. Although he was not academic, and was severely dyslexic, at the age of 13 he was given the opportunity to train as a dancer with the Festival Ballet, his career blossomed. “I thought, I’ve got nothing to lose, I’ll have a go. This would be better than being a road sweeper”. Jones bought his first camera whilst on tour in Japan, running an errand for Dame Margot Fonteyn......
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Professor Colin Jones was born in London in 1936, his creative life has followed an unorthodox path, taking him from a working-class childhood in the East End of London to dancing in the English Royal Ballet. Although he was not academic, and was severely dyslexic, at the age of 13 he was given the opportunity to train as a dancer with the Festival Ballet, his career blossomed. “I thought, I’ve got nothing to lose, I’ll have a go. This would be better than being a road sweeper”. Jones bought his first camera whilst on tour in Japan, running an errand for Dame Margot Fonteyn......
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