As Eldon in Shag With A Twist
L.A.T.C (2005)
 
Surrender Dorothy Solo
Luckman Fine Arts Complex (2009)

 

Directing Go Metro
Highways (2008)



Discard Solo
Highways (2010)



As Sad Waiter in Mass Transit
Bootleg Theater (2011)
 

 
Tribute to Rudy Perez
Luckman Fine Arts Complex (2009)
 

 
Go Metro
  Highways (2008)



 As The Shit in Bathroom Follies
  Highways (2007)

 

 
As Glam Rocker in
Music on My Mind Shoot

  Jupiter Images (2007)



D  A  N  C  E

 
Jamie Benson attended the Dance Department of
Cornish College of Fine Art in Seattle Washington on scholarship. Following Benson's extensive schooling at Cornish, he trained at Spectrum Dance Theater on full scholarship. Produced in venues such as On the Boards & for events like the Art's Edge Festival, Benson made a name for himself. Relocating to Los Angeles in 2004, Benson became a featured dancer on the television series Dance 360 before originating the character of Eldon in the Ovation award winning Shag with a Twist. Backstage West heralded Benson as "the most Chaplin-like" of this wordless production. Since 2005, Benson appeared in Taking Back Sunday's Make Damn Sure music video, Rei Aoo's Dance Planet & McDonald's Mario Art Commercial. From 2008 - 2010, Benson was a member of the Rudy Perez Ensemble, taking part in the post-modern choreographer's latest works Surrender Dorothy & Woosh premiering at the Luckman Fine Art Complex and Pasadena Armory.

I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N

 

Besides instructing for reputable studios in Washington, such as Bellevue's Dance Dimensions, Benson choreographed for the Washington State University Dance Squad and conducted dozens of Dance Camps across the Northwest with Dance Tec. In Los Angeles Jamie Benson instructed for
Gold's Gym Hollywood, Fancy Feet Studio and an after-school program at Los Feliz Elementary. Currently at the Pasadena Academy of Music & Dance, Benson teaches an array of dance classes detailing & expanding upon the principles & joys of movement & performance, in the realms of Jazz, Ballet & Hip-Hop dance as well as professional scene-work.

C  H  O  R  E  O  G  R  A  P  H  Y
 
A versatile choreographer / director, Benson’s goal is to observe and explore humanity by placing differing dance styles into unusual, often humorous, everyday landscapes. As a choreographer & producer, Jamie Benson lent his talents to the 2010 revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band performed at West Hollyood's Coast Playhouse. Benson successfully co-produced his second dance comedy series with
Highways Performance Space entitled Go Metro. The show utilized the public transit system as a vehicle for exploring human drama. Making The List of the Los Angeles Times & LA Weekly's GO, Benson attracted plenty of attention. Capitalizing on the momentum gained, Benson recently developed & presented an expanded version of Metro, entitled Mass Transit, for the Bootleg Dance Festival. Jamie Benson strives to push performance & instruction to new limits as a means of exploring his personal creative-voice.

P  E  R  F  O  R  M  A  N  C  E    
TELEVISION AND VIDEO

McDonald's Mario Art Commercial Team Happy Meal Uber Content
Making the Video
Featured
MTV Productions
Taking Back Sunday's "Make Damn Sure"  Music Video Featured
Rockhard Films
Dance 360   Featured Paramount Domestic
Microsoft Industrial 
Ensemble Microsoft Corporation



FILM

Rent Bohemian Sony Pictures



LIVE STAGE

Mass Transit / Bootleg Dance Festival
Sad Waiter
Bootleg Theater
Los Angeles Improv Festival Solo Making Faces Pro.
Pasadena Armory For The Arts 20th Anniversary
Solo Grand Performances
Tribute To Rudy Perez
Ensemble Grand Performances
Go Metro
Sleaze Highways, Inc.
Bathroom Follies The Shit Highways, Inc.
Rei Aoo’s Hidden Heart
Ensemble The Edge Arts Center
Shag, with a Twist Eldon Los Angeles Theater Company
Patchwork Girl of OZ Tin Man, Wizard Barnsdall Theater
Choreo-Project Ensemble sjDanceCO
Sonics vs. Nicks Ensemble Sonic's Dance
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Benefit Ensemble Cabaret Company
12 Minutes Max Featured On The Boards
Melt, Mold, Break / Art's Edge Festival
Featured Art's Edge



PRINT

Music On My Mind Glam Rocker Jupiter Images



SKILLS

Tiger-crane Kung Fu, Dance/Drill, Tai Chi, Tarot, Radio Announcing.