Alejandra Benet (ES/USA) is a performance and dance artist, researcher, curator and pedagogue, based in Europe in between Brussels, Linz and Valencia.
Her believe in the interdisciplinarity of fields of knowledge, her genuine interest for learning, inquisitiveness and critical thinking have led her towards realizing all these diverse and mutually nourishing roles.
ARTIST - CREATOR - CHOREOGRAPHER
Alejandra has worked as a freelance artist creating her own work since 2021, exploring different and transdisciplinary formats in numerous pieces. She mixes the languages of movement and choreography with those of, performance, visual arts, installation, and documentary, playing with the intersection and dialogue of those disciplines. Her works have been shown internationally including the Ars Electronica Festival 2022 and 2023.
In her artistic projects, Alejandra works with both dancers and non-dancers, embracing authenticity and the knowledge stored in the body. With her work, Alejandra aims at questioning normativity and using the body to convey complex ideas. The interchange interaction between her practice as dancer and researcher nurtures her work as creator and artist, which give rise to experimental, forward thinking, and conceptually thorough and diverse work. She embraces the chosen research theoretically and through the body and movement, and the reflections and inquiries that come from it, can take the form of written articles or artistic creation.
DANCER - PERFORMER
As dancer and performer, Alejandra has performed for and collaborated with dance companies and other artists from different disciplines: Skanes Dansteater (dance company), Zirkus des Wissens (producing theatre) Claudia Bosse (performance artist), Darrel Toulon (dance artist), Rose Breuss (dance researcher), Jianan Qu (performance and visual artist), Constantin Georgescu (dance researcher), Hugo Gomez-Chao (composer), Luna Luz (performance artist), Marielle Morales (dance artist), Rosslyn Wythes (dance artist), EBCDanza by Eva Bertomeu (dance company), Toni Aparisi (dance artist), Jove Companyia Gerard Collins (dance company), among others.
RESEARCHER
Alejandra is also an independent researcher in the field of dance. She publishes her research regularly, and has attended numerous dance research congresses and events. She studies a MA in Movement Research in the Institute of Dance Arts in Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Austria. Previously she earned her BSc in International Politics in City University of London, when she started to research the intersection between disciplines of dance and politics. In addition, she also holds two postgraduate courses in Corporate Social Responsibility (UNED), and in Digital Marketing with the Best Project Award by ESIC Business&Marketing School. She is also a member of the Spanish Dance Research Association (D+I: Danza e Investigación).
PERFORMANCE CURATOR - MODERATOR
As a curator she collaborates with cultural centers, NGOs and art galleries in organizing performance events. Alejandra has worked with GC De Maalbeek in Brussels to curate dance events including Dag van de Dans 2022 and 2023.
With all her diverse background, Alejandra is a skilled moderator in events and artists talks. She engages, facilitates, and guides discussions with finesse and brings a wealth of knowledge and professionalism to every event she hosts.
TEACHER - COMMUNITY DANCE LEADER
As a teacher, Alejandra has had an extensive international career since 2016. She is a GYROTONIC® licensed trainer, GYROKINESIS® apprentice trainer, RAD Teacher and PBT Teacher. She studies a MA in Dance Pedagogy in Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität. And she also graduated from the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies from the Royal Academy of Dance.
Alejandra is also a community dance leader. She firmly believes in the transformative power of the dancing body as a form of self-empowerment, firmly rooted in her commitment to political, social, and personal change. She collaborates with a range of organizations, schools, and community centers leading dance programs for diverse populations, including children, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and underserved communities.