Zoe Scofield & Juniper Shuey

The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t

Danced with mesmerizing intensity and technical precision, Scofield and Shuey’s collaboration is part of a long term project exploring adolescent group dynamics; how and why people fall into or push each other into the roles of Leader, Follower and Outcast. Their work is known for its lush design, incorporating video projection and naturalistic environments. Original music by Morgan Henderson makes use of classical instruments, stripping them bare to form a raw sound that pushes and guides the choreography and hauntingly beautiful landscape.

Zoe Scofield studied ballet and choreography at Walnut Hill School of Arts and Boston Conservatory before joining Prometheus Dance and Bill James Atlas Dance Company. Since moving to Seattle her work has been shown at On the Boards, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Bumbershoot, MOVE!, Ten Tiny Dances, The Southern Theater, ODC Theater, and Velocity Theater. Scofield and Shuey were recently commissioned by the Frye Art Museum and Spectrum Dance Theater.

Juniper Shuey is a Seattle-based video installation and sculptural performance artist whose work has been featured in many exhibitions including solo exhibitions at the Howard House, Tacoma Art Museum’s Northwest Biennial (2004, 2006), Fashion is Art, Northwest Annual at Bellevue Art Museum, and La Mostra in Palazzo Pio, Rome.

This production is a National Performance Network Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by On the Boards in partnership with PICA and the National Performance Network. www.npnweb.org. NPN and the NPN Creation Fund is sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Altria, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency).

www.zoeandjuniper.com

"...Zoe Scofield has created a kind of feral ballet.” Sandra Kurtz, Dance Magazine