Occupation ballet dancer Name Amy Harris | Role Ballet Dancer Employer The Australian Ballet | |
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Born 1983/1984 (age 31–32) Ararat, Victoria, Australia | ||
Amy Harris (born 1983) is an Australian ballet dancer, senior artist with The Australian Ballet.
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Biography
Harris was born in Ararat, Victoria. She began classes in ballet, jazz and tap when she was three years old and started her Cecchetti training with Carole Oliver School of Ballet in Ballarat at the age of 10.
Harris started with The Australian Ballet School in 1999, aged 15. She then went on to join the Australian Ballet corps de ballet in 2002. Harris was appointed coryphée in 2007, soloist in 2011, and senior artist in 2012. She won the Telstra People's Choice Award in both 2008 and 2010 and the 2012 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award.
Outside of ballet, Harris is a keen photographer. She is married to fellow company member Jarryd Madden. The couple have a daughter.
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