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 researched on how to create dances for commercials, by synthesising contemporary African dances with popular Ghanaian dances, eventually carving a niche for himself as a specialist in popular dance – an area that has brought fresh breath to the Department of Dance Studies – University of Ghana. After working as graduate assistant and teaching assistant for two years, Benedictus also served as an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Dance Studies, University of Ghana, where he taught popular dance, Choreography, African dance performance, dance forms of Ghana/Africa to both local and international students at the undergraduate level. He is really excited to pursue his PhD at Queen’s where his research will focus on investigating “cyber social interaction” within the Ghanaian popular dance culture and explore how the pop dance cypher in Ghana is gradually moving onto the cyber space.