Ben has worked for over 10 years with many world renowned choreographers including Charles Linehan, Wayne Macgregor, Richard Alston, Siobhan Davies, Rosmary Butcher, Rosemary Lee, Finn Walker, Arthur Pita, Wally Cardona (New York), Vasco Wellenkamp (Portugal) and Jan Puch (Germany).
Dance for Film work includes Soft Materials directed by Daria Martin and Javier de Frutos and Issac Julien’s 2001 Turner prize film exhibition at the Tate Briton (finalists).
Ben’s first choreographic collaboration with Rachel Lopez de la Nieta was the short film ‘So do I’ directed by Lucy Baldwin in which they both featured. Choreographic work outside Dog Kennel Hill Project includes Tranquilizer for Resolution!98 and commissioned works for students at London Contemporary Dance School (research and development project/studio presentation) and Underneath for London Studio Centre.
Ben has participated in the 2004 SDDC bank project for professional development, the Gulbenkian course for choreographers and Composers, and the PAL Arts laboratory. Ben has performed Operas choreographed by Michael Keegan Dolan in London, Europe and the USA.
He regularly teaches professional level class at Greenwich Dance Agency and Independent Dance, and has led company class for Random Dance, Protein, Charles Linehan Company and Companhia de Bailado Contemporaneo Portuguesa. He has taught students at London Contemporary Dance School, Rambert School, The Circus Space and is currently teaching at London Studio Centre, Millenium School and Laban Centre. Ben trained at the Arts Educational School London and at the Rambert School.
Ben Ash