BIOGRAPHY
BENJAMIN IS A CHOREOGRAPHER AND MOVEMENT DIRECTOR WHO’S WORK SPANS FASHION, MUSIC, LIVE PERFORMANCE, FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY. DRAWING FROM A BACKGROUND ROOTED IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE, CLUB CULTURE AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE.
HE TRAINED AT LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE SCHOOL AND ALSO SPENT FORMATIVE YEARS LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY.
AS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER, HE PERFORMED WITH CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANIES AND TOURED WITH MUSIC ARTISTS, DEVELOPING AN EARLY INTEREST IN HOW MOVEMENT COULD BE TRANSLATED THROUGH CAMERA ACROSS CAMPAIGNS, EDITORIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS. YEARS SPENT IN FRONT OF THE LENS NATURALLY EVOLVED INTO A PRACTICE BEHIND IT.
ALONGSIDE HIS CONTEMPORARY TRAINING, HE IS WELL VERSED IN OTHER DANCE STYLES, ESPECIALLY CLUB BASED FORMS. HE IS A LEGEND WITHIN THE BALLROOM SCENE FOR NEW WAY VOGUE AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE UK. HAVING ALSO COMPETED IN GYMNASTICS FROM A YOUNG AGE, ATHLETICISM AND PRECISION CONTINUE TO INFORM HIS APPROACH TO MOVEMENT.
HE BRINGS THIS VAST EXPERIENCE, CURIOSITY AND SENSE OF EXPLORATION INTO HIS ORIGINAL WORK AS A CHOREOGRAPHER, MOVEMENT DIRECTOR AND DANCE FILM DIRECTOR.
HE WAS NAMED “100 PEOPLE DEFINING NOW” BY DAZED AND HAS BEEN PROFILED IN MAGAZINES SUCH AS GQ AND LOVE MAGAZINE.
TWO OF HIS DANCE FILMS HAVE PREMIERED ON NOWNESS, WITH ANOTHER PREMIERING AT SADLER’S WELLS. HE WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY AT THE MTV VMAs AND A JUDGE AT UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY.
BENJAMIN ORIGINATES FROM MALMÖ, SWEDEN AND IS CURRENTLY BASED IN LONDON.
FASHION
CLIENTS
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, MARTINE ROSE, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, YOHJI YAMAMOTO, COURREGES, VERSACE, BOTTEGA VENETA, MOWALOLA, NIKE, MONCLER, Y-3, FENDI, ROBERT WUN, AVAVAV, SAUL NASH, ADIDAS, AXEL ARRIGATO, TIFFANY, ZOMER, SUNNEI, ON, ZARA, MULBERRY AND MORE.
EDITORIALS
DAZED, ANOTHER MAGAZINE, BRITISH VOGUE, W MAGAZINE, D REPUBBLICA, LUNCHEON, NUMÉRO, 032C, ELLE, GQ, DAZED MENA, NOVEMBRE GLOBAL, REPLICA MAN, ALTERED STATES, CR FASHION BOOK AND i-D.
SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, DIRECTORS & STYLISTS
CARLIJN JACOBS, JUERGEN TELLER, KATIE GRAND, AIDAN ZAMIRI, THIBAUT GREVET, DANIEL SANNWALD, HARRY LAMBERT, JORDAN HEMINGWAY, IMRUH ASHA, KATIE SHILLINGFOD, ROBBIE SPENCER, CHARLOTTE WALES, SØLVE SUNDSBØ, JULIA HETTA, NABIL ELDERKIN, NADINE IJEWERE, MANVSMACHINE, SERVICES GENERAUX, JOSIE HALL, RORY GRIFFIN, TATI COTLIAR, BUILDERSCLUB, AGATHA BELCEN, TAMARA ROTHSTEIN, MARIE WYNANT, ISAMAYA FFRENCH, MOWALOLA, MATTHEW JOSEPHS, MARK PECKMEZIAN, PATTI WILSON, DAN TOBIN SMITH, ALEX WHITE, DANIEL ARCHER, GERRY O’KANE, JOSIE HALL, SCANDEBERGS, TAREK MAWAD, YISKID, ROBBIE LAWRENCE, NELL KALONJI, SOPHIE MULLER, BETSEY JOHNSON, SOPHIE JONES, JULIA NONI, MARC HIBBERT, NATHAN KLEIN, OLA EBITI, TRINITY ELLIS AND MORE.
MODEL COACHING
BENJAMIN HAS EXPERIENCE COACHING MODELS IN RUNWAY AND CAMERA TRAINING, WORKING WITH AGENCIES LIKE NEXT MODEL MANAGEMENT.
MUSIC
MUSICANS & AWARD CEREMONIES
JORJA SMITH, MADONNA, CAROLINE POLACHEK, SHY GIRL, YOUNG MIKO, LITTLE SIMZ, RAYE, HONEY DIJON, MYKKI BLANCO, METTE, MURA MASA, YOUNG THUG, ZARA LARSSON, TINASHE, AESPA, KYLIE MINOGUE, OBONGJAYAR, MOWALOLA, FKA TWIGS, JESSIE WARE AND MORE.
HIS WORK WITH FKA TWIGS EARNED A NOMINATION FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.
JURY MEMBER FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY AT UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS.
ATHLETIC
CLIENTS
NIKE, ADIDAS, H&M, ON, MONCLER, OLYMPICS, TOMMY HILFIGER, LULULEMON, LIVERPOOL FC, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AND Y-3.
ATHLETES
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC, ARYNA SABALENKA, TYLER HERRO, VIRGIL VAN DIJK, FLORIAN WIRTZ, RYAN JIRO GRAVENBERCH, LAVIAI NIELSEN, NADIA NADIM, ELLA TOONE, DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI, NATHAN AKÉ, MARCUS THURAM, DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI, MIA KANG AND MORE.
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING
NOTHING(R), PIRELLI, MERCEDES, AUDI, JO MALONE, BRITISH AIRWAYS, VIRGIN ATLANTIC, SELFRIDGES, BBC, JOHNNIE WALKER, ESTÉE LAUDER, MAGNUM, ABSOLUTE VODKA, RIMMEL, ESCENTRIC MOLECULES AND MORE.
DANCE FILMS
DIS(INFORMATION), 2026
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER, IN PERSON PREMIER AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY IN LONDON AND ONLINE VIA NOWNESS
HERD(MENTALITY), 2025
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER, PREMIERED ONLINE VIA NOWNESS, SELECTED FOR SAN FRANSISCO DANCE FILM FESTIVAL
TENSION(AND RELEASE), 2024
DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER , PREMIERED AT SADLERS WELLS, LONDON
NEW WAYS, 2018
CHOREOGRAPHER AND CO-WRITER, PREMIERED ONLINE VIA NOWNESS AND STAFF PICK ON VIMEO
HIS CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN IN GALLERIES SUCH AS MOMU MUSEUM ANTWERP, THE ICA IN LONDON, PALAIS DE TOKYO IN PARIS.