VIDEO
"Honey" - The Dance For Film, 2021
Director of Photography: Cully Gallagher
Assistant Camera: Noah Gunderson
Producer, Director, Editor, Choreographer: Scott Stafford
Music: David Morales & Mariah Carey.
Honey is a dance landscape of individuals in pursuit of expression - inspired by the bodies, movement, and music of club spaces. Performance space as dancefloor, dancefloor as agent of escape, release, and reunion.
Performers: Adam Salame, Scott Stafford, Timo Wagner.
Honey is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Teaching Artist Reel - 2022
Teaching artist reel - featuring residencies at Brooklyn Center High School (Minneapolis, MN), Blue Water Theater Company (Wayzata, MN) and Moreland Arts & Health Sciences Magnet School (St. Paul, MN).
"Scott is amazing to work with! From the teacher's end he is organized, engaged, and dives all into his residencies. Working with him was a complete package from beginning to end, with pre-work planning, awesome teaching, and post-work reflections. From the students' perspective he was fun, a great dancer, and truly guided their mindset on being brave and comfortable in their own skin. He encourages self awareness, he builds confidence, and he engages them from the second they meet him." - Ashley Mossey, 2nd Grade Teacher at Moreland.
Dance residency with Moreland Elementary, 2021
Grade: 2nd.
Presented by The Cowles Center For Dance: "Dance Without Barriers" Program.
A four day residency with each 2nd grade homeroom focused on elements of Body, Action, Space, Time & Energy.
"Honey" at The Walker Art Center - Excerpts
"Honey" is a dance landscape of individuals in pursuit of expression - inspired by the bodies, movement, and music of club spaces. Performance space as dancefloor, dancefloor as agent of escape, release, and reunion. Choreography by Scott Stafford, original soundscore by Grammy winning producer, David Morales.
Performance: July 1st, 2021, at The Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, MN.
Performers: Adam Salame, Scott Stafford, Timo WagnerFeatured Butterflies: Gabby "The Baddie" Abram, Rachel Clark, Domino Rosa, Brian J. Evans, Kimberlina, and Tristen Sanborn
Edward.007 - Vogue Reel
Qigong Practice
Speaking briefly about my daily qigong practice. January, 2020.
"will it last if not" - Excerpt
Presented at Fresh Oysters Performance Research in Minneapolis, MN. 2018.
“will it last if not” is a journey through the sacred on the wings of a BPM. Ecstatic tenderness, disco poetry – a State of Grace bogo deal.
Choreography and lighting design by Scott Stafford.
"will it last if not" excerpt - "Re"
Presented at Fresh Oysters Performance Research in Minneapolis, MN. 2018.
Choreography and lighting design by Scott Stafford.
Music by Nils Frahm.
//CATHEDRAL\\ Work Sample
Included in this selection are:
- "Tyrannosaurus Wench Pt. 1/3," excerpt from a work by //CATHEDRAL\\, performed at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. (2015).
- "woo," excerpt from an evening length work by //CATHEDRAL\\, performed at The Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis, MN. (2016).
- "De'Light," excerpt from an evening length work by //CATHEDRAL\\, performed at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN. (2017).
"Type A Romance" - 2017 Excerpt
Choreography - Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater
Dance Without Barriers: Sejong Academy
A look at the Dance Without Barriers residency at Sejong Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Cowles Center For Dance & the Performing Arts.
Dance Without Barriers is a 3-5 day residency in k-12 schools where students are immersed in movement forms that encourage self-expression, build community within the classroom, and provide resources for individual artistic development.
Teaching Artist: Scott Stafford