Benoit Beauchamp last project was the coordination of 100 Migrations, a new Bill T Jones performance at the University of Virginia. Benoit is teaching dance production and is also producing dance at UVa. Previously, he taught and designed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.
Benoit is part of inFluxdance, a best of fringe dance ensemble since 2004 where he served as production designer. Prior to that, Benoit’s lighting was seen at the premiere of the Center for New Theater’s production of Macbeth with Stephen Dillane. The work was shown at REDCAT in Los Angeles, the Almeida Theatre in London, and at the Sydney Theater in Australia.
Originally from Québec, he received a BFA with a specialization in Theatre Design from Concordia University. Benoit received his MFA in Scenic and Lighting Design at California Institute of the Arts where he also worked on many projects including Spit Shine Glisten, produced in collaboration with the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the workshop production of Brain People, a play produced and written by Jose Rivera. His extensive credits in lighting design for dance include Sleeping with the Ambassador, a site specific piece at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, choreographed by Heidi Duckler. He has also collaborated with many dance artists including the GreatFruit Collective, Ella Ben-Aharon, Lauren Gordon, Sumi Kim and many more.