Artist Statement
I am a dancer, choreographer, director and teacher. My work is situated in multiple mediums including, proscenium stage, installation, film, photography, art objects and sound installation. I approach the creation and presentation of my work with a belief that dance is a visual art form and visual art is a physical form. I work using a diversity of materiality and scale to best express and fully realize a project's aim. My past work lives in opera houses as well as theaters, museums, art galleries, online platforms, and more. I am self taught and see this as an asset. Teaching myself new skills or seeking creative solutions, furthers my own research and output. I seek to disrupt and lengthen processes of perception, in order to slow down experiences for viewers and myself. The structures of my dances ask the audience to shift both physical and intellectual perspectives.
Zoe Scofield_Future Ancestors_performance/video_2021_Jacob's Pillow This is a still from an 360 performance video created as part of a larger project, The Other Shore: Future Ancestors.