‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 31: Who is Britt Benae? Choreographer seen twinning with contestant Daniel Durant
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Renowned professional dancer and choreographer Britt Benae has been a part of the ‘Dancing With The Stars’ franchise since season 23. As a pro, Britt is all ready to floor audiences with her dancing skills alongside celebrity contestant Daniel Durant in ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 31. The dance reality series will make its global debut on Disney+ on September 19, 2022, at 8 pm ET.
While Britt is known for her brilliant dance moves, it will be interesting to see if she also makes audiences and judges fall in love with her and Daniel’s performances on the show. Ahead of the show premiere, a glance at Britt Benae's Instagram stories shows she has been setting goals for "best team" on the show after 'twinning' with celebrity contestant Daniel Durant during rehearsals.
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Who is Britt Benae?
With oodles of natural talent and a love for dancing right from childhood itself, Britt started dancing at the age of 3 at the Artistic Fusion Dance Academy. A couple of years later, in 2000, she was accepted into the Denver School of the Arts. She was then accepted to Loyola Marymount University after graduating in 2007 and relocated to Los Angeles, California.
Britt started her career in the industry as a principal dancer for Disney’s iconic ‘High School Musical’ movies.
Britt was also a dancer on tours for renowned Hollywood singers like Annie Lennox, Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Florence and the Machine, Janet Jackson, Rihanna, and Selena Gomez.
As a dancer, Britt also made several appearances in television shows like ‘Bunheads’, ‘Gilmore Girls’, ‘Grey's Anatomy', and ‘The Voice’. Interestingly, she was also a series regular on the ABC Family show ‘Dancing Fools’.
Britt started working as a troupe member, initially right from ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 23 back in 2016. She remained a member until Season 27, which aired in 2018 on ABC. She is one of the very few dancers who has also gone on tour three times for the show. Finally, Britt became a pro in Season 29 in 2020 and created a new milestone by becoming the first black female pro on the show.
Britt Benae pairs with Daniel Durant
Britt took to her Instagram stories on September 10 and posted a video where she stated that she can finally reveal to fans about being in rehearsals with Daniel Durant. She also mentioned that they both are 'twinning' by wearing the same color, which is why they were the "best team" this season. Her caption for video read, “Finally, I can be in rehearsal and with Daniel. And we’re matching so pretty much the best team ever”.
In the next clip, a member of their team, Gabe, says that they all look really great together. He said, “It’s like we look great together”. On this, Britt mentions how Gabe didn’t get it. Britt said, “And Gabe didn’t get the memo so it is great”.
In the next story, she said how they all are gelling up well in here. She introduced her team to fans and added that they all are going to need a team name. She said, “Okay so we’re getting cozy in here. Alright, this is our team. We need a team name which we will get to later”.
