Ben Gorodetsky

Ben Gorodetsky (he/they) is a Ukrainian-Canadian artist, writer, and producer based in Kitchener, Ontario. Their live performance work has been presented by The Art Gallery of Ontario, Contemporary Art Forum of Kitchener and Area, Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Lumen Fest, In/On/Out Interarts Festival, Open Ears, Expanse Festival, Inter Arts Matrix, and Mile Zero Dance. Ben is the curator and host of award-winning interdisciplinary variety show Pinch Cabaret, and has performed and directed improvisation in Atlanta, Detroit, Austin, NYC, LA, Reunion Island, Vienna, Ljubljana, Montreal, Toronto, and Yellowknife. He was the 2022 artist-in-residence with the Guelph Dance Festival, winner of the Emerging Artist Award at the Mayor's Celebration for the Arts (Edmonton), recipient of the Anna Pidruchney Award for Young Writers, a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award, and a nominee for a Waterloo Region Arts Award. They are the creator and executive producer of "My Pet Ate What!?" a new Canadian doc-series for CTV Wild. Ben teaches at UWaterloo, and holds an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY and a BFA from the University of Alberta.