The Substation/​ Artist/​Harrison Ritchie-Jones/

Harrison is an independent dancer & choreographer based in Naarm/Melbourne. His 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, humour and physical virtuosity to work together in surreal and expressive explorations of storytelling.

Harrison graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2014, and in 2013 was awarded a VCA 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 and was selected for Next Wave’s kickstart program, premiering his work Shimmer Of The Numinous in Next Wave Festival. In 2023, he presented his latest major dance work CUDDLE at Chunky Move for FRAME: A biennial of dance.

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.