Benjamin Ritter grew up in a small town in Alberta, and began dancing at the age of seven. Starting out in hip hop and jazz, he quickly fell completely in love with dance and began to branch out into as many genres as possible.
Benjamin has trained and worked with several prestigious companies including Source Dance Company under the direction of Joanne Pesusich, UnityLA with Tessandra Chavez, and Lobos Art Collective with Erica Sobol- both based out of Los Angeles.
Now Benjamin’s career has expanded taking him all over the world to work with some of the industry’s top directors and choreographers. Most recently, he moved to London, England where he’s worked on TV shows such as The XFactor, The Voice, The Brit Awards 2018 and BBC’s The Greatest Dancer with Company Jinks and the esteemed director of Rambert, Benoit Swan Pouffer. He’s been on tour across the UK with the band Years&Years and The Summer of Steps Tour with recording artist Saara Aalto.
Some of Benjamin’s professional highlights include Disney’s Descendants directed by Kenny Ortega, Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable Tour, Chaka Khan, Disney Channel’s Freaky Friday, London Fashion Week with Mulberry fashion brand, Crown Royal advert with Fatima Robinson, Equinox campaign with Tanisha Scott, CityTV’s Package Deal, and a music video for Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush.
Ben has been honoured to assist the likes of Tyce Diorio, Brooke Lipton, Stacey Tookey, Gil Duldulao, and Laurie Ann Gibson, all while continuing his training in hopes of growing in skill and versatility.
Benjamin has trained in acting for film and television with Nadine Wright, and works with Numa Model Management.