Benjamin Hurley is a queer, award-winning independent dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Naarm/Melbourne. He has worked with Phillip Adams BalletLab, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Ivan Perez, Alessandro Sciarroni, The Sway, Deanne Butterworth, Lee Serle, Victoria Chiu, Evelyn Morris, and Yuiko Masukawa amongst others. His full-length productions, ‘UpAndUpAndUpAndUpAndUp’ and ‘Dunes Rolling Down Dunes’, were jointly nominated for multiple Green Room Awards. His next production, ‘Scenarios’ with Scott Elstermann, will have its premiere at Dancehouse in August 2025. His practice has been supported by the City of Melbourne, the City of Port Phillip, The Ian Potter Foundation, The Besen Family Foundation, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc, GUTS Dance and STRUT Dance, to name a few. He is a sessional teacher at the VCA, where he graduated in 2016.