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.

Gabby Kamino is an independent dancer and choreographer. Her works have been performed throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. She has presented two major works at Ffida to critical acclaim, and her work The Story, made in collaboration with PBJ, was named one of the top ten dance events by NOW Magazine in 1998. She is one of the three original graduates of the University of Waterloo Dance Program and also holds a B. Ed. from University of Toronto. She has worked with Judy Jarvis, Til Thiele, Lawrence Gradus and Milton Myers. In 1975, Gabby joined the faculty of the University of Waterloo as lecturer and Artistic Director of the Repertory Dance Company and also co-founded her own company Dance Plus Four. During this time, she was a World Team Choreographer for the Canadian National Figure skating Association and Olympic Competitors. Kamino has taught an immense amount of Canadian dancers in her 24 year tenure as dance teacher at the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto. As Associate Choreography for Ballet Creole for twenty years she created many choreographic works for their season and touring. Recently Gabby has been performing again with her son Benjamin Kamino in their co-composed work “m/Other”.