Born in the south of Brazil, Ricardo Ambrózio grew up in Rio de Janeiro where he had the opportunity to experience the best and the worst of Brazilian culture. His first contact with rhythm and movement was at the age of 6. After meeting and working intensively with Brazilian choreographer Flavia Tapias, Ricardo immersed himself deeper into the world of dance and attended the Faculdade Angel Vianna for two years. At the age of twenty Ricardo left Brazil for Lisbon, Portugal where he attended Escola Superior de Dança and worked with Companhia de Dança de Almada and Companhia Instável.

During this period he also began developing his own choreographic work and teaching style by blending his experiences in dance, characterized by high energy,momentum and acrobatic work. After working with Helder Seabra in Companhia Instável (Porto, Portugal), he moved first to Amsterdam and then to Brussels to work with Bruno Caverna, Gerard Mosterd, Dogwolf (Chris de Feyter), Willy Dorner and Ultima Vez (Wim Vandekeybus). While working with Ultima Vez, Ricardo started to gather his own artistic works under one name: Untamed The term represents the inescapable animal urge to create, which inspires and pushes him as an artist. His works being strongly passionate and emotional, demand a total and unconditional surrender by both creator and performer and have been presented on stage as well as on location.

In 2016 he created his first solo A sweet lullaby to Mr. Nameless as well as a duet with Celine Werkhoven named Homemade. Later Ambrozio created Homo Urbanus and remade Untamed Production’s first piece Mind’s Mausoleum. Later the large scale production Raizes was created and toured to Mexico, Holland, Portugal and Belgium. Meanwhile Ricardo remains fully engaged as Director of the new dance education training Performact which he co-founded in Portugal in 2016. Currently he is dedicating five years to his longterm project “Portraits” consisting of 40 Portraits over 5 years and studying his Master in Choreography and Professional Practice at the Higher Education of Dance, Lisbon.

Eager to hand on his movement language, he has been invited to teach internationally (Berlin, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Torres Vedras (PT), Barcelona, Salzburg,m Tilburg, Vilnius).

Currently co-founder and ex-director of the projects GAPP, Performact, Summer Intensive, searching for new challenges while still based in Portugal.