Ryuichi Fujimura is an independent dance artist based in Sydney. Since the mid 1990’s, he has studied contemporary dance technique as well as improvisation and choreography in Australia and overseas. Over the last twenty years, Ryuichi has collaborated with both emerging and established artists/companies in various dance, theatre, opera, site-specific performance and film projects. Notable collaborations include working alongside Xavier Le Roy, Justin Shoulder, Alan Schacher, Vicki van Hout, Latai Taumoepeau, Jim Sharman, Kate Champion and Tess de Quincey. He began his own choreographic practice in 2013 and has since created a number of performance works. His recent career highlights include the Melbourne (Dancehouse, April 2023) and Sydney (Sydney Dance Company, August 2023) seasons of HERE NOW, an evening length solo show, a solo performance at Seoul International Dance Festival 2023, ‘Pink Regenesis of the Curse’, a site-responsive durational performance in collaboration with WeiZen Ho at White Bay Power Station for Biennale of Sydney in April 2024, ‘Club Origami’, a dance show for young children presented by Sydney Dance Company in July 2024 and ‘Today I feel a soft breeze’, a 24 hour durational dance marathon performance for Bleach* Festival on the Gold Coast in August 2024. In recent years, he has expanded his practice to include interdisciplinary collaborations with artists from various disciplines, such as Mel O’Callaghan, ArtHitecs, Alicia Frankovich, Hamed Sadeghi and Justeene Williams.