Ben Pryor

Ben Pryor is invested in artists working across performative practices who challenge the boundaries of artistic forms and normative contexts, believing in excess, refusal, transformation and transcendence. Since 2009 Pryor has worked with artists to build and tour new evening-length performances. Pryor has collaborated with 83 museums, festivals and cultural institutions in 54 cities across 16 countries. Pryor has initiated curatorial projects including Festival TBD: Emergency Glitter and American Realness, and has worked as Artistic Director for the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and currently serves as the Director of Touring & Artistic Operations for A.I.M., a leading contemporary dance company by Kyle Abraham.