BIOGRAPHIES
BENJAMIN HANCOCK
Dancer &
Co-Costume Designer
Benjamin is a Melbourne-based dancer and
choreographer. He has worked with many
of Australia’s leading choreographers in
contemporary dance—including Chunky
Move (Gideon Obarzanek), Narelle Benjamin,
Martin del Amo, Lee Serle, Sue Healey, Prue
Lang, Antony Hamilton and Lucy Guerin Inc.
Benjamin received the 2015 Green Room Award
nomination for Outstanding Male Dancer for
PRINCESS, commissioned for Chunky Move’s
Next Move 2014 season. Benjamin’s interest in
dance has also led to collaborations in design.
Recent Design credits include PRINCESS in
collaboration with Jack Hancock receiving a
2015 Green Room Award for Visual Design.
JESSIE OSHODI
Dancer
Jessie graduated from Adelaide College of the
Arts with a Bachelor of Dance Performance in
2010. Jessie has worked with Lucy Guerin and
Carrie Cracknell (Macbeth, Young Vic UK), Lucy
Guerin Inc (Motion Picture), Antony Hamilton
(Black Project II), Shaun Parker (AM I) and in
films with choreography by Stephanie Lake
(Gaps, David Rosetzky) and Garry Stewart (The
Boy Castaways, Michael Kantor). In 2012 Jessie
worked at Dancenorth, performing works by
Raewyn Hill and Cameron McMillan.
TYRONE ROBINSON
Dancer
STEPHANIE LAKE
Dancer
Stephanie is a multi-award-winning dancer
and choreographer. Her performance career
spans 16 years, working with Lucy Guerin
Inc and Chunky Move, touring extensively
internationally. Stephanie’s choreographic
works have been presented in Germany, France,
Denmark, UK, Singapore and across Australia
and she has won the Helpmann, Australian
Dance Award and Green Room Award for Best
Choreography. Stephanie has received the
Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship and the Peggy
Van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship. In 2013
she was appointed inaugural Resident Director
at Lucy Guerin Inc. She has been commissioned
by Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move,
Tasdance, Dancenorth and Frontier Danceland
(Singapore) among others. The Stephanie Lake
Company was established in 2014.
Tyrone began dancing at institutions such
The Performance Company, Hampton Senior
(Specialist Dance) High School and STEPS
Youth Dance Company. In 2010 he started his
professional career as assistant choreographer
on the 2010 STEPS Main House Season Phoenix.
In 2011 Tyrone received the STEPS Emerging
Artist Scholarship and graduated from WAAPA
with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. At this point
in his career he has worked with numerous
contemporary artists from all around the
world. He has performed for and worked with
worldwide commercial talent such as Guy
Sebastian, Marko Panzic, Ame’ delves, Erica
Sobol, Macia Del Prete, Eva Sanchez, and more.