Benjamin Kamino is a dancer who believes the field of dance & choreography to be a very special place in which humans are invited to study qualities of the body (corporeality), the self (identity), and relation (togetherness). Kamino’s dances are intentionally conceptual, always pursuant to wondering how bodies interact with materials as emerging choreographic events. He is thankful for those dear times of collaboration with other artists, most notably with Ejay Smith, Daina Ashbee, Sook-Yin Lee, Virgil Baruchal, his brother, Alex Kamino, his father, Tim Kamino, and his mother, Gabby Kamino. As a dancer, he has been fortunate to work under the direction of Peggy Baker, Michael Trent, Ame Henderson, Jennifer Mascall, Gerry Morita, Lars Jan, Marie Chouinard, Robin Poitras, and Clara Furey. Kamino was an inaugural curator at Dancemakers Centre for Creation in Toronto alongside colleague Emi Forster. He is the recipient of the 2016 Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, the 2013 Audience Choice Award at the Dance:MIC festival, and the 2009 DanceWeb Scholarship. Kamino holds a BFA in Dance from the Tisch School of the Arts and an MA in Choreography from DAS Choreography.