PERSONAL
BENJAMIN IS A LONDON BASED CHOREOGRAPHER WHO ORIGINATES FROM SWEDEN. HE STARTED HIS INTEREST FOR MOVEMENT WITH GYMNASTICS BEFORE GOING ON TO RECEIVE HIS FORMAL TRAINING AT LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE SCHOOL (BA) AND WHEN LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY.
DUE TO HIS ECLECTIC INTEREST IN DIFFERENT DANCE FORMS SPANNING CONTEMPORARY DANCE TO COMMERCIAL AND FREESTYLE GENRES HE MANAGED TO HAVE A THRIVING DANCE CAREER WEAVING THROUGH DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE INDUSTRY. HE WAS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANIES, TOURING WITH ARTISTS, AS WELL AS COMPETING AND JUDGING FREESTYLE BATTLES WORLD WIDE. HE ALWAYS HAD A KEEN INTEREST FOR HOW MOVEMENT COMBINES WITH MOVING IMAGE AND STILLS. FROM BEING IN FRONT TO BEHIND THE CAMERA HE HAS AN EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING ON CAMPAIGNS, LIVE SHOW,S EDITORIALS, MOVIES AND MUSIC VIDEOS.
IN HIS WORK HE ENJOYS EXPLORING THEMES OF TENSION, DYNAMICS, DUALITY AND HUMAN FORM. HE HAS THE ABILITY TO PUSH PHYSICALITY TO IT’S LIMITS AS WELL AS HONE IN ON THE SATISFACTION AND ENJOYMENT IN SIMPLICITY. HIS WORK IS ABOUT THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, AND HOW THROUGH MOVEMENT WE BECOME A VESSEL TO EXPRESS THE MULTIPLE COMPLEX LAYERS IN WHAT IT IS TO BE ALIVE.
HE BRINGS THIS VAST EXPERTISE, CURIOSITY AND EXPLORATION INTO HIS ORIGINAL WORK AS A CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCE FILM DIRECTOR AND MOVEMENT DIRECTOR.
FASHION
HE HAS CHOREOGRAPHED AND MOVEMENT-DIRECTED FOR GLOBAL BRANDS INCLUDING ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, VERSACE, MONCLER, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, TIFFANY & CO., FENDI, YOHJI YAMAMOTO, KARL LAGERFELD, H&M, GARETH PUGH, SUNNEI, BOTTEGA VENETA, VALENTINO, MARTINE ROSE, ZARA, AND MULBERRY.
HIS WORK HAS APPEARED IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS BRITISH VOGUE, DAZED, ANOTHER MAGAZINE, W MAGAZINE, D REPUBBLICA, LUNCHEON, NUMÉRO, 032C, ELLE, GQ STYLE, CR FASHION BOOK, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND i-D.
HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH LEADING FIGURES IN THE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING AIDAN ZAMIRI, DANIEL ARSHAM, DANIEL ARCHER, DANIEL SANNWALD, HARRY LAMBERT, JUERGEN TELLER, JULIA HETTA, JORDAN HEMINGWAY, KATIE SHILLINGFORD, NABIL ELDERKIN, NADINE IJEWERE, OLA EBITI, ROBBIE SPENCER, SCANDEBERGS, SOPHIE JONES, SØLVE SUNDSBØ, VAL GARLAND, THIBAUT GREVET, ETC.
BENJAMIN ALSO COACHES MODELS IN RUNWAY AND CAMERA TRAINING, WORKING WITH AGENCIES LIKE NEXT MODEL MANAGEMENT TO PREPARE TALENT FOR THE INDUSTRY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
HE WAS NAMED ONE OF DAZED MAGAZINE’S “100 PEOPLE DEFINING NOW”
MUSIC
IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY BENJAMIN HAS CHOREOGRAPHED AND MOVEMENT DIRECTED FOR FKA TWIGS, MADONNA, KYLIE MINOGUE, SHYGIRL, LITTLE SIMZ, RAYE, MYKKI BLANCO, METTE, MURA MASA, HONEY DIJON, YOUNG THUG, LITTLE MIX, ZARA LARSSON, CAROLINE POLACHEK AND TINASHE.
HIS WORK WITH FKA TWIGS EARNED A NOMINATION FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.
HE HAS CHOREOGRAPHED LIVE SHOWS, TV PERFORMANCES AND GLOBAL TOURS WITH FKA TWIGS, SHYGIRL, METTE, OLLY ALEXANDER, ZARA LARSSON, HONEY DIJON, METTE AND KYLIE MINOGUE.
BENJAMIN’S COMMERCIAL MUSIC PROJECTS INCLUDE WORKING ON MOVING IMAGE AND STILLS FOR RAYE FOR HER H&M CAMPAIGN, FKA TWIGS FOR HER COVER OF 032C MAGAZINE AND GOOGLE ADVERT, METTE FOR ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AND OPPO, ZARA LARSSON FOR NIKE AND SHYGIRL FOR THE COVER OF MIXMAG MAGAZINE.
ADVERTISING
HE HAS CHOREOGRAPHED AND MOVEMENT DIRECTED CAMPAIGNS FOR BRANDS SUCH AS MERCEDES, NIKE, AUDI, BRITISH AIRWAYS, VIRGIN ATLANTIC, BBC, GOOGLE, GREY GOOSE, RENAULT, NESPRESSO, HUAWEI, TIFFANY INC., JOHNNIE WALKER, MONCLER, RED BULL, SELFRIDGES, MULBERRY, MARTINI, ADIDAS, PIRELLI, JOSE CUERVO, CASHAPP, BARCLAYS BANK AND ESTÉE LAUDER.
ATHLETIC
WITH A KEEN EYE FOR MOVEMENT THAT TRANSLATES THE FITNESS AND WELLNESS WORLD ONTO CAMERA, BENJAMIN HAS GUIDED ATHLETES AND MODELS IN CAMPAIGNS FOR BRANDS INCLUDING NIKE, ADIDAS, H&M MOVE, ON, MONCLER, Y-3, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, YOPRO AND LULULEMON.
HE HIMSELF HAS A BACKGROUND IN DANCE, GYMNASTICS, CALLISTHENICS, BOXING, YOGA, RUNNING AND WEIGHT LIFTING.
HE HAS WORKED WITH AN ESTEEMED ROOSTER OF ATHLETES INCLUDING ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC, NADIA NADIM AND MIA KANG.
CHOREOGRAPHIC AND DIRECTORIAL PROJECTS
BENJAMIN’S SELF-DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE FILM TENSION(AND RELEASE) PREMIERED AT SADLER’S WELLS AND REUNE IN MARCH 2024 WITH A CAST OF FOUR DANCERS.
HIS SECOND FILM HERD(MENTALITY), WAS CREATED WITH 25 MA DANCE STUDENTS AT LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE SCHOOL LATE 2024 AND IS NOW FEATURED ON NOWNESS.
HE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING TWO FURTHER DANCE FILMS, BOTH SET TO PREMIERE IN 2025.
HIS WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN IN GALLERIES SUCH AS MOMU MUSEUM ANTWERP, THE ICA IN LONDON, PALAIS DE TOKYO IN PARIS.
IN 2018 HE WROTE, CHOREOGRAPHED AND FEATURED IN THE SHORT FILM “NEW WAYS” WITH DIRECTOR JONAS HEGI WHICH PREMIERED ON NOWNESS AND WAS STAFF PICK ON VIMEO.