Ben
Grinberg

Ben Grinberg (he/they) is a Philadelphia-based performing artist, director, educator, and festival producer. His performance work lies at the intersection of contemporary circus and ensemble dance theater, and mines the inevitable complexities that arise when people strive for change together.

He is a company member, co-founder, and Producing Director of Almanac Projects (formerly Almanac Dance Circus Theatre), an award-winning and internationally touring physical performance ensemble. From 2017–2021 he was a founding core faculty member and Head of Performance and Artistic Craft at Circadium, the nation's first certificate-granting program in contemporary circus performance, where he developed and curated the Test Flights series.

He co-founded and led (2021–2025) Cannonball Festival, a hub for new performance in Philadelphia, and is on faculty at the Pig Iron / Rowan University MFA in Devised Performance. Through Almanac, he initiated and co-produces the biannual Fit Fest in Penn Treaty Park, and originates Wild Horizon Circus & Play Festival.

Ben's work has been presented by Jacob's Pillow, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, FringeArts, New York Live Arts, Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Co., Queer Zagreb, Touchstone Theatre, Morris Museum Presents, the Mexico City International Festival of Contemporary Dance, Assembly Festival, Breaking Walls Festival (Cairo), Zoo Edinburgh, and more.