Harrison Ritchie-Jones is an independent dancer & choreographer based in Naarm (Melbourne).
Harrison’s choreographic practice celebrates dance and is fuelled by a curiosity in techniques from a range of physical practices. Upskilling and blending forms, he uses dance to carve out spaces for absurdity, humor and physical virtuosity to work together in surreal and expressive explorations of storytelling.
His work has a sense of originality, celebration, authenticity, rigor, theatricality, immersion & risk.
Harrison graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) in 2014. In 2013, he was awarded a Victorian College of the Arts Undergraduate Most Outstanding Creative Scholarship. In 2018 he was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Male Performer for Stephanie Lake’s Pile of Bones. In 2018 he was selected for Next Wave’s kickstart program and premiered his work Shimmer Of The Numinous in Next Wave Festival. In 2023, he presented his latest major dance work CUDDLE that premiered at Chunky Move as a part of FRAME festival, as well as premiering his latest dance film Banshee Cried Silver that was presented at The Substation as part of the 2023 FRAME festival in REALREAL curated by Jo Lloyd and Melanie Lane.
Harrison has worked with and performed in creations by some of the country’s best choreographers including Stephanie Lake, Jo Lloyd, Antony Hamilton, Lucy Guerin, Graeme Murphy, Alisdair Macindoe, Prue Lang, Shelly Lasica, Rebecca Hilton and Rebecca Jensen.