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Harrison Coll (born December 31st, 1993) is an American professional ballet dancer associated with New York City Ballet.

Early life
Harrison was born in New York City, NY to Richard Coll and Susan Coll, both retired Broadway actors in their own right. He began dancing at the age of 4 when his mother established a dance program for young boys. He fell in love with dance from that point on and at the age of 6 he was accepted into the School of American Ballet, the premier ballet school in America. When Harrison was 8, he was casted as the titular character in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.

Career
At 18 years old, Harrison was accepted as an apprentice for the New York City Ballet for one year. During the year he caught the eyes of none other than Peter Martins, the Artistic Director of NYCB, and was accepted as a member of the corps de ballet in July of 2014. Harrison has danced extensive repertoire, performing in existing and new works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Benjamin Millepied, Alexei Ratmansky, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, and Christopher Wheeldon. According to the New York Times Harrison "has danced more roles in this show than any other man in the current company"

WWD has proclaimed Harrison Coll to be one of the eight rising dancers to watch.

Personal Life
Harrison Coll has an older brother, Maxwell Coll, who is currently a 3rd year medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine. His brother is best known for his research on cutting edge immunotherapy to treat hematological malignancies.