ABOUT

Harrison Ritchie-Jones is an award winning choreographer, dancer and film maker whose work is seen as making waves with his eclectic and unconventional approach to dance. Clashing forms and styles with high technical skill, he's using dance as a frame for absurdity, physical virtuosity and surreal storytelling.

Based in Naarm/Melbourne Australia, he has presented his works in a diverse range of settings across Australia - from black box theatres to town halls, from white box galleries to night clubs.

As a choreographer he has been commissioned and/or presented by organisations across Australia including Lucy Gurerin Inc, Sydney Dance Company, Stephanie Lake Company, Strut & PICA,

RISING Festival, Dark MOFO Festival, MONA, Gertrude Contemporary and Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Much in demand as a dancer he has worked regularly with most of Australia's leading choreographers including Stephanie Lake, Antony Hamilton, Jo Lloyd, Lucy Guerin, Melanie Lane and Alisdair Macindoe.

Awards and accolades

2025 Directors Choice Award for Requiem For a CUDDLE - Melbourne Fringe,

2024 Green Room Awards for Most Outstanding Creation in Dance for CUDDLE

and Breaking Ground in Dance for body of work across 2024.

2023 Best Film Award for Banshee Cried Silver at Sydney Short Film Biennale by CINEVERSE.

2018 Green Room Award Nomination for Best Male Performer for Stephanie Lake's Pile of Bones,

2013 Victorian College of the Arts Undergraduate Most Outstanding Creative Scholarship.

Biography

Recent works created by Harrison and his collaborators include: Requiem for a CUDDLE (Fitzroy Town Hall/ Fringe Festival 2025), R.A.I.N (Chunky Move 2025), TANTRUM For 6 (Northcote Town Hall 2025, DARKMOFO:NIGHT MASS 2025), CUDDLE (Chunky Move/Frame Festival 2023, Arts House 2024, Sydney Dance Company’s INDance 2024, STRUT Dance and PICA'S Restore 2025), CLUBBLE (RISING 2024, MONA 2024), Cold-Tooth (Gertrude Contemporary 2024), JUNGLE FURY (Four Sites/Frindge Festival 2024)

BIG WIG SMALL GIG (Stephanie Lake Company’s ESCALATOR 2023),

Banshee Cried Silver (The Substation/Frame Festival 2023, Dancehouse/Dance

(Lens) 2023). Shimmer of the Numinous ( NextWave/ Brunswick Mechanics institute 2019).

Harrison is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts,