Jamie Scott US

Jamie Scott works as a freelance dancer, teacher and stager in New York City. She began her New York dance career as a member of the Cunningham Repertory Understudy group from 2007-2009, then joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company until its closure in 2011. In 2012 Jamie was hired to join the Trisha Brown Dance Company and continues to be an active performer and teacher for the company. She has also worked with Daniel Gwirtzman, Kimberly Bartosik, Bill Young, and Liz Gerring. She has taught at Barnard College, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, SUNY Purchase, NYU, the CND Paris, CNDC Angers and leads workshops in the New York area (and remotely!) for the Merce Cunningham Trust and the Trisha Brown Dance Company. In addition, Jamie is a licensed stager for the Merce Cunningham Trust, most recently co-staging Merce’s Scenario on the Lyon Opera Ballet in fall 2019 and for the Trisha Brown Dance Company, most recently co-staging Set and Reset Reset on Candoco Dance Company in London in 2021. She is the recipient of a 2014 Princess Grace Award.