Benjamin Milan is a Swedish dancer and choreographer. He is in the chorus of the 2019 Cats movie.
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Biography (2020)[]
Benjamin Milan is a choreographer and movement director from Sweden who is based in London.
Benjamin has worked with artists such as Madonna, FKA twigs, Kylie Minogue, Zara Larsson, Taylor Swift, Teyana Taylor, Gaika, Zebra Katz and Mykki Blanco. He got MTV nominated for Best Choreography for his work on FKA twigs “M3LL155X” and was in 2019 selected in the list of Dazed Magazine 100 people defining now. His choreography for ”Way Over There” for Vogue Italia and Vivienne Westwood won first place at The Fashion Film Festival. He movement directed Gareth Pugh’s Spring/Summer 2019 collection called ”A tribute to boundary-pushing style” by Vogue.com and has worked with fashion brands and tech companies such as Vivienne Westwood, Nike, Craig Green, Adidas, Burberry, Uniqlo, Selfridges, House of Fraser, Mulberry, Chanel, Hermés, Yohji Yamamoto, Google, Huawei and Youtube.
Benjamin has been featured and interviewed in Dazed, Love Magazine, Wonderland Magazine, Vogue Italia, The New York Times, Dancing Times, CR Fashion Book and i-D magazine. In 2019 he wrote, choreographed and created the short film ”New Ways” with director Jonas Hegi which premiered on Nowness, and in 2018 he was a jury member for the UK Music Video Awards. He is a cast member in the recent movie adaptation of Cats.
In 2009 he started developing his interest in Voguing and the ballroom scene, which later led him to move to New York City to learn and study with the icons and the legends. He has since then been at the forefront of the development of the ballroom scene in the UK, becoming UK Father of The House of Milan, walked and won balls in the category of ”New Way”, taught workshops and judged balls around the world. In 2017 he was the recipient of ”UK’s Finest” at the Paris Awards Ball. Every year he organizes the annual British Fashion Ball, an event for the LGBTQIA+ community that celebrates and provides a safe space for the community to come together.
He received his formal training at London Contemporary Dance School (BA) and when living in New York City.