User:Benweston/Ben Weston

General
Ben Weston (Benjamin Nigel Weston) is a 21-year-old jazz pianist singer/songwriter and ex-Royal Ballet Junior Associate based in Norfolk, England. He is currently working on his debut album to be released in February 2010. He is noted for having appeared as a support dancer with the Royal Ballet at the London Coliseum Theatre in The Nutcracker (1997), and again at Sadler's Wells in Swan Lake (2001).

1988 - 2006 Early life and beginnings
Ben Weston was born in Colchester, Essex on 23 February, 1988. He attended Stock Primary School until the age of 5 when his family relocated to Norfolk. Ben attended Wood-Dene School from 1997 to 2004 and then went on to study music, drama, English and German at Paston College from 2004 to 2006. In 1996, Ben auditioned successfully to become a Junior Associate dancer of the Royal Ballet School in London. Here he performed two seasons in 1997 and 2001 as part of the Junior cast of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. In 2001, Ben left the Royal Ballet School and is currently a full-time jazz musician.

2006 - Present
In 2006, Ben formed the Ben Weston Trio and recorded the album I'd Tap That in 2007, though a limited 500 copies were made for sale at gigs only. Ben has gigged consistently since 2006 and is currently recording his debut album to be released in February, 2010.