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JENNY RITCHIE

Stunt Performer  / Professional Circus Aerialist

CASTING DETAILS

Height: 165

Chest:   89

Waist:   75 

Hips:     85

Shoe:    8UK - 9US

Hair:     Brown

LATEST FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS

FF: Bridge to Terabithia - Motion Capture Performer 2007

Jenny Ritchie HeadShot.jpeg
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CAPABILITIES

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Circus Aerialist - Specialist in a wide range of aerial apparatus; vertical, swinging and falls

Harness and Wire Work

Stunt Fighting & Choreography

Stage Combat  - Sword 

Motion Capture

Horse riding - Basic riding - trick pick-ups

3 years full-time aerial harness performance role interacting

with horse and rider on touring equestrian show Cavalia/Odysseo

Archery - Basic target experience

Intermediate Gymnastics (ex competitive)

Rock Climbing & Abseiling

Mountain Biking

Swimming

Skiing

Skydiving - Solo static line - tandems


QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING


Bachelor of Circus Arts 

20 years professional Circus Aerialist

15 years professional Aerial Coach and Choreographer

Module - 1 Film Fighting & Safety Course - ActionHouse 

Module - 3 Stunt Rigging & Harness Work Course - ActionHouse 

Module - 3 Splicing & Stunt Utility - ActionHouse 

NZSCS - Stage and film sword training - 2020


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Movement Of The Human (MOTH) - Aerial Choreographer 

Wellington, New Zealand 

Current Equipment designer and choreographer of aerial movement for MOTH productions. 

World Of Wearable Art Ltd - Aerial Artist, Aerial Choreographer, Apparatus design

Wellington, New Zealand  • 2008 & 2009.  2018 - Current

Aerial choreographer, aerial equipment design, performer

RIGOLO Swiss Nouveau Cirque - Aerial Artist, Choreographer, Apparatus design

Wattwil, Switzerland 

Aerialist for a collection of moving sculptures. 

International touring contemporary circus show

Cavalia Odysseo - Aerial Artist Montreal, Canada 

Aerial artist for an International touring contemporary circus and equestrian show

Ex Machina - Robert Lepage - Acrobat

Quebec, Canada 

Aerial harness movement development during the creation period of Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Metropolitan Opera of New York

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