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Updated 1/4/2021

Scott McPheeters

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Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

I am a queer, interdisciplinary dance artist making work that encourages moments of collective intimacy through interdisciplinary vehicles of vulnerability. I believe that vulnerability is the greatest catalyst for social change, and I strive to identify movement and site-specific material that, within various contexts, create situations for developing cross-cultural empathy.

As a professional dancer, I am fascinated by the human form and its capacity to shift physically and energetically in relationship to other bodies and environments. I strive to reconnect with physical instincts that have been silenced by social norms, and communicate sensation in ways that portray uninhibited, somatic truths. I value honest investigations of self and situation and view abstract movement as an expression of queer advocacy. My practice is fueled by social engagement and conversation and tends to manifest collaborative action. 

From 2004-2018, I performed professionally in Philadelphia, PA., and worked regularly for dance and theater companies/individuals including Nichole Canuso Dance Theater, Subcircle, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Marianela Boan, Kun-Yang Lin / Dancers, and Enchantment Theater Company. From 2018-2020, I lived and made site-specific performance work in Oakland, CA., and in January of 2020, received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Sierra Nevada University. Currently, I live in my hometown, Biddeford Pool, ME., and co-direct artist residency, Subcircle Residency, in Biddeford, ME.

 

Find Me

Scott McPheeters
Job Title: Interdisciplinary Dance Artist
Phone: 207-229-4170
Address:
1 Bayview Avenue
Biddeford Pool, ME 04006

Additional Content:

  • Instagram

    This links to my instagram account where I frequently post works-in-process images/video

  • IMPASSE (2019)

    This duet was created and performed in collaboration with Suzanne Beahrs

  • Project EmpatheTICK (2019)

    Project EmpatheTICK is a social performance practice that challenges how "belonging" is manifested and preserved in rural spaces. Dressed as a deer tick, I hosts storytelling events, tick-drag performances, and community conversations around belonging.

  • Compromising Permissions (2019)

    This duet was created and performed in collaboration with musician Kip Kipperman

  • SOMASolo (2018)

    This work explores the paradoxical socio-economic, sexual, and energetic disorientations that exist in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco from the perspective of a tourist.

  • Presenting: You First With The Hope For Reciprocation (2015)

    This duet was created and performed in collaboration with Gina Hoch-Stall

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2005

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2005

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Community Arts
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Exhibitions
  • Film Showings
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - Production / Development
  • Residency - Other
  • Venue Rental
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 10

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Julie Weitz

Date: 11/2020-11/2020

For all of of 2020, I was hired by LA -based visual and performance artist, Julie Weitz, to be the movement consultant for her Golem: A Call To Action project. I have been writing somatic meditaion scores and prompts for Julie as she explores movement within her work

Sierra Nevada University

Date: 11/2020-11/2020

My work has been exhibited in SNU's Hollman Gallery (11/20) and Tahoe Gallery (1/20)

Subcircle

Performing Group

Date: 11/2020-11/2020

I am a co-director of Subcircle and have work with my collaborators to produce numerous works from 2014-2020.

We Make Things Festival

Date: 12/2019-12/2019

My collaborator Suzanne Beahrs and I were hired to perform our duet, Impasse, for a dance festival at Finnish Hall in Berkeley, CA.

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Subcircle (Co-Director) - www.subcircle.org
  • Subcircle Residency (Co-Founder/Director - www.subcircleresidency.squarespace.com

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Subcircle (Co-Director) - www.subcircle.org
  • Subcircle Residency (Co-Founder/Director - www.subcircleresidency.squarespace.com

Awards

Awards:

  • Barrymore Award - Best Lead Actor in a Musical

Education

Education:

  • Sierra Nevada University - MFA Interdisciplinary Arts
  • Dickinson College - BA Theater and Dance

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance
  • Theater

Fee range:

$50 - $300

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance
  • Theater

Fee range:

$50 - $300

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Basic Lighting/Sound

Fee Range:

$100 - $1,000

State of Residence:

Maine

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

6