Western Australian born, Scott attained his Bachelor of Arts (Dance) and a Certificate II in Music Theatre from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Whilst at WAAPA, Scott received the Dance Theatre of WA Award (2007), and in his final year (2010) was the recipient of the Finley Award in Dance, as well as receiving the Hawaiian Dance Award for the most outstanding graduate. For many years Scott worked professionally in the commercial dance scene in Perth. This was highlighted by back up dancing for international pop stars The Veronica’s on their ‘Revenge is Sweeter’ tour. In 2010 Scott travelled to Madison and New York City in the United States to perform in the World Dance Alliance Global Summit. He featured in works by Australia’s Sue Peacock, Taiwan’s Jin-Wen Yu and Brazil’s Leda Muhana. In Australia, Scott has worked with several highly acclaimed choreographers and companies that includes Garry Stewart and Daniel Jaber at Australian Dance Theatre, Larissa McGowan and Marnie Palomares at Tasdance, Shaun Parker at Buzz Dance Theatre, Chrissie Parrott Performance Company, Sue Peacock and Tobiah Booth-Remmers. Whilst with Australian Dance Theatre, Scott performed in Garry Stewart’s Be Your Self, G, Proximity and excerpts from Birdbrain on local and national levels, as well as extensively touring with the company throughout Europe, the UK and Asia. In 2015, Scott was Rehearsal Director for the European Tour of Garry Stewart’s Multiverse. Choreographically, Scott has created works for Strut Dance WA, Australian Dance Theatre’s Rough Draft, Australian Dance Theatre Youth Ensemble, Adelaide College of the Arts and Norges Dansehøyskole in Oslo; Norway. Currently, Scott is working in Gothenburg and Tel Aviv with ilDance Company. He will be performing in the production of GODLIKE by choreographers Israel Aloni and Odelya Kuperberg as it tours throughout Sweden and Israel in early 2016. In April 2016, Scott will be creating a new short work on the New Zealand Dance Company, and then travel to Perth in Australia to create a new work on Link Dance Company at WAAPA.
