Benjamin Tardif (Ben)
Bangkok
Community engaged arts, Creative Industries/ cultural+ social business, Dance, Film / Documentary, Theatre/Drama/ Contemporary circus
Fang Mae Khong International Dance Festival (Vientiane, Laos), Fanglao Dance Company (Vientiane, Laos), International School Theatre Association (London, United Kingdom), Bunditpatanasilpa Institute of Fine Arts (Bangkok, Thailand), Nang Yai Wat Ban Don (Rayong, Thailand), Compagnie Intangible (Montreal, Canada)
Originally trained in Thai Khon classical masked dance-theatre, Benjamin is the first and only foreigner to be a professional dancer of this art form. He is based in Bangkok, Thailand, while also regurlarly working on diverse collaborative contemporary dance projects in Laos and beyond Southeast Asia. Interested in bridging East and West through contemporary and traditional, dance and music, focusing on issues related to identity, gender, dualities, transformation and survival.