Amy Harris

Who is Amy Harris?

Amy Harris is an Australian ballet dancer, senior artist with The Australian Ballet.

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 rose to the rank of coryphée in 2007 and she was appointed soloist in 2011. She won the Telstra People's Choice Award in both 2008 and 2010. For the 2010 competition, she started a Twitter blog following her life in the company. She won the 2012 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards.

Outside of ballet, Harris is a keen photographer, and is engaged to company member Jarryd Madden.