BIO
Ariel Scott is a choreographer, dancer, and screendance maker using dance to explore the complexity of human experience and honor the importance of physicality in processing and (re)constructing the world around us. She holds a BFA in Dance Choreography from the University of California, Irvine, and an AA in Dance from Santa Monica College. Ariel has choreographed for shows across LA and presented screendance work in festivals nationally. She has been honored to dance with Kybele Dance Theater under the artistic direction of Seda Aybay since 2023, and to perform in projects with artists Jay Carlon, Mariángeles Soto-Diaz, Charlotte Griffin, and Sri Susilowati. Ariel is also a certified Countertechnique teacher and has had the pleasure of sharing the method in classes across LA.
Photo by Kim Doeleman
ARTIST STATEMENT
Dance has the power to transport the psyche, delight the mind, and tickle the senses. Dance also has the capacity to embody and express the depth of human emotion and lived experiences and to mirror, escape, comment on, or challenge the cultural landscape in which it is created. My goal is to create work that explores the complexity of human experience and honors the importance of physicality in processing and (re)constructing the world around us.
Within my choreography, I have a particular interest in the ebb and flow between power and gracefulness, a lively interplay between sudden and sustained movement, a nonchalant or pedestrian approach to phrase work, and the embodiment of sonic elements. While strongly grounded in contemporary dance vocabulary and sensibilities, my choreography is shaped by a multitude of movement disciplines, including my background in Wushu (Chinese martial arts), and experience in the dance techniques contemporary/modern, ballet, jazz, Sundanese, Javanese, Hula, Tahitian, and West African. By pulling from a wide base of physical knowledge and individual experience, my work aims to explore and present experiences that are at once unique and widely shared.
