CUDDLE
by Harrison Ritchie-Jones
"Put the money in the bag if you want to dance"
CUDDLE is a multi award winning work that has resonated with a variety of audiences in Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Perth, and Queensland. Performing in festivals, bespoke settings, clubs and theatres.
In CUDDLE, two of Melbourne’s contemporary dance artists on the rise, Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Michaela Tancheff, engage in a difficult and dynamic duel filled with surreal sonic and visual surprises.
Weaving contemporary dance with elements from martial arts, figure skating, rodeo barnyard dance and a host of more abstract inspirations, CUDDLE ebbs and flows from the joyful and absurd to the inventive and technically brilliant.
With the audience gathered around the space as though at a wrestling match, CUDDLE is a unique and unpredictable press into a strange and wondrous intimacy.
"CUDDLE is a uniquely original piece of contemporary dance that dazzles, entertains, and inspires in equal measure... a truly unique and unforgettable experience that showcases the best of Melbourne’s contemporary dance scene." Dance Life Australia Feb 2024 -Brendan Daynes.
credits
Harrison Ritchie-Jones – Choreographer and Performer
Michaela Tancheff - Performer
Alex Walton - Videographer
Nick Roder - Composer
Max Dowling - Composer
Michaela Coventry – Producer