Harris Gkekas, born in 1983, grew up in Olympus Mountain in Greece. After early classes with Tania Miltenova he studied with Daniel Lommel  in Bourges during five years . He benefited  A.Onassis Foundation's support during two years.

His dancing career makes him one of the most versatile dancers of his era. He is one among few chorographers asked to create both contemporary works and pieces on point shoes in neoclassical style.

He began his carrer as member of Jeune Ballet International in Cannes and then performed  as  soloist in companies like AENAON Ballet Théâtre, Ballet National du Rhin, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and Lyon Opera Ballet. He participated  in creations with Lucinda Childs, Maguy Marin , Ralph Lemon, Rachid Ouramdane, Christian Rizzo, Otto Ramstad, Felix Ruckert and  danced works of Trisha Brown , Saburo Teshigawara, Alain Buffard, Russel Maliphant, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian , Mats Ek , Merce Cunnigham, Jérôme Bel, Tero Saarinen , Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui ..among others.

Since november 2014 he collaborated  with  Catherine Diverrès  for  the duet Dentro, Blow the Bloody Doors Off ,Jour et Nuit, Echo.  He collaborates also with Hervé Robbe New Landscape, Christian Rizzo Une Maison, MIRAMAR, Syndrome Ian , Michèle Noiret Chant des Ruines Théo Mercier La fille du collectionneur , Lionel Hoche Dimanche éperdument, Ioannis Mandafounis One One One, Yves Noel Genod Leçons de Ténèbres, and Fabrice Lambert RENVERSE.

In 2015 he founded Strates and initiated it's activity with personal projects such as, Yond.Side.Fore.Hind , VWA , Mille, Plateaux, Toute l’eau et rien que des gouttes, UNE, BLACKOUT DIALOGS and also collective works as INFINIR with Elise Alloin, Sivi Simon and Didier Ambact.

Beside the works inside Strates , Harris made works for Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin, CNSMD de Lyon (two times-on point shoe ) , CNSMD de Paris , CNDC d’Angers, CAD de Châteauroux, Greek National Opera, Greek National Opera School, Delattre Dance Company, KSOT-Greek National Contemporary Dance School. In 2017 Fondation Royaumont chose him as a chorographer for ‘‘ Dialogues 2 ’’.

Since 2018 he is the artistic director of several video works for public or private structures, and also an artistic advisor of The Office Gallery based in Nicosia and Paris. the private collection of the Gallery is now one of the most respected worlwide and selected among the BMW Art Guide. https://theofficegallery.com

Harris is a guest teacher in schools like Royal Danish Ballet Summer school or Rosella Hightower in Canens or Ballet Companies like Ballet de Lyon, New Zealand Royal Ballet, Basel Ballet and Ballet du Rhin. Strates is also turned to transmission through seminaries , workshops in order to share the creating field's fresh impressions in the most direct way possible.

Son and little son of self tought musians, he continues this tradition by being a self tought musician as well. He mainly explores keybords and guitar and composes psychedelic rock music, but also collaborates with great drummers like Didier Ambact and Seijiro Murayama.