Coming from North Carolina, Ben (he/him) began dancing at 14 years old. For the past two years he has been attending the Boston Conservatory as a Contemporary dance major. This past year he had the opportunity to learn and perform an excerpt from Bill T. Jones, “D-Man in the Waters”. Here Ben has trained in primarily ballet and contemporary, and has gotten the opportunity to perform world premieres by Jennifer Archibald, Kurt Douglas, and Zoe Jumabhoy.