Marlo Benjamin

Marlo Benjamin is an Australian based contemporary dancer. Born and raised in Sydney, she began her professional career at the age of 13 performing with Force Majeure, touring both nationally and internationally. In 2014, Marlo began her first year of study at the Victorian College of the Arts, and continued her training at Sydney Dance Company’s Pre Professional Year.

Since graduating, Marlo has had the opportunity to perform both nationally and internationally with a variety of major companies and renowned independent choreographers, some of which include: Chunky Move, Australian Dance Theatre, Dancenorth, Stephanie Lake Company, Force Majeure, Sydney Theatre Company, Alisdair Macindoe, Australasian Dance Collective, Narelle Benjamin, Martin Del Amo, Gideon Obarzanek, Kynan Hughes, Sara Black, Sydney Dance Company, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Marlo was nominated for best female dancer at the 2018 Greenroom awards for her performance in Chunky Move’s Anti— Gravity.

She was also nominated for best performer at the performing arts WA awards in 2019 for her performance in love/less, and won award for outstanding performance by a female dancer at the 2020 Australian dance awards, for her role in Stephanie Lake Company’s Skeleton Tree.