As Eldon in Shag With A Twist
L.A.T.C (2005)
Surrender Dorothy SoloLuckman 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.
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| 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 |
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| Rent | Bohemian | Sony Pictures |
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| 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 |
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| Music On My Mind | Glam Rocker | Jupiter Images |
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| Tiger-crane Kung Fu, Dance/Drill, Tai Chi, Tarot, Radio Announcing. |
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