10/19/2026
We’re honored to welcome back MATTHEW RICH this week for a 3-day residency with our Performing Company artists! ✨
Bringing a fresh perspective and new challenges to the room, Matthew is helping our artists continue to step outside their comfort zones, take risks, and discover new ways to grow. 💪🏼
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Matthew Rich brings over a decade of experience in the world of movement and dance. Beginning his career under the tutelage of Rambert’s artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer, Matthew honed his craft as a dancer at New York City-based Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet for ten years. Afterwards, Matthew was a guest artist with Ballet of Difference in Munich, the Korean National Contemporary Dance Company in Seoul, and acted as a cultural ambassador for the arts with DanceMotion USA in Israel and Jordan. Matthew’s collaboration with Pouffer resumed in 2018 where he served as Rambert’s Senior Rehearsal Director until 2023. He’s supported productions by renowned choreographers such as Sharon Eyal, Imre and Marne van Opstal, Marion Motin, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter, Jill Johnson, Alonzo King, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
In 2022, Matthew took on an additional portfolio of responsibilities collaborating with the audience development, creative, and marketing teams to extend the reach of Rambert's programming that included collaborations with H Magazine, British Vogue, Vogue World: London, MAC Cosmetics, and the Valentino S/S 2024 Fashion Show for Paris Fashion Week featuring FKA TWIGS.
Recently, Matthew has diversified his portfolio of work and has appeared a dancer, in Universal Film’s Wicked: Part 1; as a judge, in South Korea’s reality dance television show, STAGEFIGHTER; and as the creative movement director for campaigns with Patrick Ta Beauty and Y-3. Matthew currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
📸 .e.martin
