Benny Olk

Benny Olk is dancer from Minneapolis, Minnesota and a graduate of NYU. He has worked with choreographers Lucinda Childs as a member of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company, as well as with Moriah Evans, Sarah Michelson, and Christopher Williams.

He has performed in reconstructions of Merce Cunningham’s dances, notably Suite for Two and Crises . Currently he is an MA candidate in New Performative Practices at Uniarts in Stockholm, Sweden.

Merce Cunningham Early Works performed at Baryshnikov Arts Center, on May 18, 2016, presented by BAC and Merce Cunningham Trust.
Silas Riener performs “Changeling (1957, NY Premeire of 2015 reconstruction)
Suite for Two (1958) performed by Vanessa Knouse and Benny Olk
Photo Credit: ©Stephanie Berger