Scott Wells
Scott Wells

Photograph by Nicholas Chase.

  • Chair Dive
  • Bent Table
  • Toss
  • Levitation
  • Shelley Over
Chair Dive


Photo by David Papas.

Bent Table


Photo by David Papas.

Toss


Photo by Adrienne Colburn.

Levitation


Photo by David Papas.

Shelley Over


Photo by David Papas.

Scott Wells

Lecturer in Dance

Office Location: PE 1
Office Phone: TBD
E-mail Address: scottbwells@hotmail.com
Office Hours: By Appt.
Website: click here

What I Do at SSU

I teach contact improvisation to adventurous students and contemporary technique to dance majors.  I get out of the city buzz a couple days a week and seek out some fine reading and daydreaming spots near the pond.

My Bio

MFA, Dance, University of Illinois, Dance
BA, Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz

"Wells has a dizzying abundance of pure dance-making talent." - San Francisco Examiner

In 2005 Scott Wells received San Francisco’s most prestigious choreography award: The Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Choreography and was selected by Dance Magazine as one of the 25 To Watch. He teaches dance technique and is recognized worldwide as a leading teacher of Contact Improvisation. He has recently taught and performed in Ankara, Turkey, Halifax, Canada, at Impultanz in Vienna, and in Budapest, Berlin, Graz, Munich and Rome.