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Benedictus Mattson
Benedictus Mattson is a choreographer, performer and researcher with interest in Ghanaian popular dances. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana. At the postgraduate level, Benedictus explored creating dances for commercials, by synthesizing contemporary African dances with popular Ghanaian dances, eventually carving a niche for himself as a specialist in popular dance. Benedictus served as an assistant lecturer at the Department of Dance Studies, University of Ghana, where he taught popular dance, choreography and African dance performance, at the undergraduate level. He is currently a Cultural Studies Ph.D. candidate at Queen’s University where he investigates the Mediatization of Ghanaian popular dance with primary focus on the Azonto dance’s presence on Instagram and how dancers’ interaction with/on the social media platform helps to transform, configure and reconfigure the dance.
Contact: Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, B176 Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.