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Mary Sheldon Scott

Adjunct Instructor

Cornish Dance Theater

mscott@cornish.edu

Mary Sheldon Scott has been exploring movement and researching the choreographic form for over 35 years. Since 1993 she has worked in a dedicated collaboration with composer Jarrad Powell under the structure Scott/Powell Performance. Scott/Powell has been presented through On the Boards, Dance Theater Workshop/NYC, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art T:BA Festival, Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents, The Southern Theater/Minneapolis, Western Washington University, Pacific Northwest Ballet/Celebrate Seattle Festival, Velocity Dance Center, Cornish College of the Arts, and Composer/Choreographer, among others. Projects of Scott/Powell have received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network/Creation Fund, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Artist Trust, 4Culture, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs/City of Seattle, and the Washington Composers Forum. The Company was awarded three creative residencies at Centrum in Port Townsend, WA. Scott/Powell Performance was a 2008 SCUBA Touring Company. Individual awards include an Artist Trust Fellowship in Dance and a Velocity Dance Center Choreographer-in-Residence. Scott holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Choreography from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She works extensively with visual media, and her practice is located at Studio #4 in Columbia City.

scottpowell.org.

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