Jonas Malinka-Thompson
Sponsored by Kent & Martha DiFiore
Ballet West Academy Summer Intensive: 2016, 2018, 2020
Ballet West Academy PTD: 2017, 2018, 2019
Ballet West Academy Trainee: 2020
Joined Ballet West II: 2021
Joined Ballet West: 2023
Jonas Malinka-Thompson is from Salt Lake City, Utah. He joined the Ballet West Academy as a trainee in 2020 and joined Ballet West II in 2021.
Click below to see Jonas’s roles.
2025-26 Season
- Romeo & Juliet (Smuin) Street Dancers
- The Dream (Ashton) Bottom
- Les Noces (Nijinska) Groom's Friends
- The Nutrcracker (Christensen) Nutcracker Prince, Grandfather, Chinese Warrior, Russian Soloist
2024-25 Season
- Jekyll & Hyde (Caniparoli)
- Within the Golden Hour (Wheeldon)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen)
- Cinderella (Ashton) Cinderella's Stepsister, Jester
- Symphony of Psalms (Kylián)
- Mass Hysterical (Adams) Works from Within (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake)
2023-24 Season
- Dracula (Stevenson)
- The Firebird (Christensen)
- Stars & Stripes (Balanchine)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Prince
- Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov)
- Blake Works I (Forsythe)
ON TOUR
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) - Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
2022-23 Season
- Onegin (Cranko)
ON TOUR
- La Vivandière Pas de Six (Saint-Léon) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
2021-22 Season
- Dracula (Stevenson)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Bear
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin)
- Glass Pieces (Robbins)
ON TOUR
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah