reVIEWS - what they say:


"Benington has a precise style, reflecting positive movement with both poise, attack and stamina.

His perceptual flow is perhaps best suited to his own choreography ... which explores the multi-dimensions and senses of acoustic space -- kinetic, fragmented, rhythmic and repetitive.”


Dance Critic,

The Daily Dispatch



"The man is indeed in motion in this entertaining four-part program...Benington is a tall, lithe-bodied man with long, elegant, strong legs.


...apart from lightness, speed and an obvious joy in dancing, an impeccably costumed Benington offers his audience some interesting choreography.


A vital injection for the local repertory....The theme of urban desperation, the rat-race rhumba, is a familiar one but the approach is refreshing.

 

The distorted movements and demented patterns add up to a punchy, dramatic post-modern portrait.


...a welcome presence on the contemporary dance front.

Adrienne Sichel,

Dance Critic,

The Star, "Tonight"


 

Star, "Tonight"

"...a challenge for the eye and ear. This is dance with a rebellious, avant-garde stance, where pretty dance movements are rejected.

The robot-like, the mechanical -- the distorted expressions of atomic angst -- are the rubble strewn terrain of Brian Benington.”

Schalk Schoombie,
Dance Critic,
"Die Beeld"


" ...a sound knowledge of contemporary dance technique, constructed in such a way as to give the students a better knowledge of anatomy and how the body moves."


Val Delys Steyn,  former Artistic Director,

Jazzarts Dance Company


"...brought a breath of fresh air to the general dance scene with his very innovative and unique style and attitude to the dance medium as a whole. He made them re-assess and look at dance in ways that they never had before."


Jeff Corey, Founder/Director

Performing Arts Workshop (P.A.W.)


   "His clarity of objective, sensitivity in developing a theme meaningfully and his ability to guide and stimulate the creative process are skills that he has mastered and refined in a unique way."


Dr. Edith Katzenellenbogen, Director, Department of Human Performance Studies, Stellenbosch University