Check Out Luiza Comsa-Jones’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Luiza Comsa-Jones.

Hi Luiza, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I was born in Bucharest, Romania. I started my dance journey when I was eight years old and I remember feeling like I found a purpose.. I studied and practiced ballet in high school and then contemporary dance in College. During college, I fell in love with so many other dance styles. It’s funny because in elementary school and in high school, anything besides ballet was not encouraged and the fact that I loved contemporary dance was actually quite judged by some of the teachers.

At 23 years old, I auditioned for Dancing with the Stars and The Voice (in Romania) and I got accepted! That was one of the biggest moments in my career. I met amazing artists and created memories that will last a lifetime. After dancing on the biggest stages back home, from TV shows to the Opera House, I decided to take an even bigger step and move to Los Angeles. I wanted to learn more and I felt like there was something else out there for me that I needed to discover. A lot of people thought I was crazy to leave my hometown because my life there was great and it was easy to keep going up. But something kept bringing me back to Los Angeles. I worked hard to get my working visa and a month before I got it, I broke my ACL while dancing at an event in Hollywood. I was heartbroken, but I had to keep going. So, I went back to Romania got the surgery, recovered, and created a theatre dance show named “From Marylin to Manson”. I was not supposed to dance but I was able to choreograph and with the help of five amazing dancers from home, we created this beautiful burlesque show. I was so proud! I signed with a small theatre at home and the show kept going once a week in Bucharest for one year. After the premiere, I moved to Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as I expected. I didn’t trust my knee so much, I didn’t feel very confident because of it so every audition I had I felt like I wanted to run out of the room. It was a very hard time but again, I had to keep going so I brought “From Marylin to Manson” here in LA. We danced it twice at The Standard Hotel In West Hollywood. That really was an amazing feeling.

Meanwhile, I met my husband here, and after we got married we had our beautiful son named Maximus. I started dancing again shortly after I gave birth. Everything was starting to come together when Covid hit. And well, as we all know that changed a lot of things. During COVID, I developed a lot of interest in photography, filmmaking, and storytelling so I started bringing a camera with me wherever I went. I discovered how different lenses tell different stories and I was fascinated about light and the many things that you can do with it. I did a series of photographs of all my friends during covid and I named it “The Front Door Project”. I would meet my friends in front of their places and they would just pose with their masks on doing whatever it is that they do as a job or as a hobby. Some were dancing, some were playing drums or guitar, some were working out and some were drinking wine. It was a unique time for all of us and I wanted to capture it. Since then I directed and filmed a few short films and shot for Wonderland Magazine, Vogue Italia, etc. At the moment I’m working on my first art exhibition that will combine all my passions: dance, storytelling, and photography. My life changed in many ways since I moved to LA eight years ago but sometimes, life has better plans in store for you. You just have to let go and trust the process and definitely not take yourself so seriously. 🙂

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
There have been a lot of struggles along the way. First, moving to a different country far far away from your family and everything you know can be quite scary at times. Feeling alone or misunderstood was definitely another struggle and also finding your community. That took quite a long time for me to find good people who feel and think like me or who can listen and not be judgmental.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am a dancer and choreographer. photographer and filmmaker. I am mostly known for dancing on Dancing with the Stars and many music videos back in Romania and in LA I am known for being a little bit of chameleon. I danced in many shows, a couple of movies, and a Pinterest commercial but I also worked as a videographer/photographer for magazines such as Wonderland, Forbes, Vogue Italia, and other companies such as Crystal Geyser.

Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
I think our industry will get better at being inclusive, and I think there will be no more jobs for men and women. There will be just jobs that we can all do and that we can all be amazing at.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://luizacomsajones.squarespace.com
• Instagram: luizacomsa01

Image Credits
Bruno Ohara Antena 1 Images Christopher Jones Kelsie Koziol Elena Cornila Andrew Stuart