Blaze

On the occasion of Maine Mini Fest, presented by Maine Dancemakers Collaborative, SPACE presents Scott McPheeters’ dance film from 2021, projected after dark in the 534 Gallery window.

BLAZE considers the color “blaze/hunting orange” as a tool for reciprocity building with the more-than-human world and aims to highlight the manufacturing of human “othering” in relationship nature. The work questions “who” should be seen/protected during hunting season and imagines a scenario in which the deer population re-claim the color to highlight their resiliency as a species.

Director/Editor: Scott McPheeters
Videography: Carmine Grimaldi
Dancers/Collaborators: Jacqui DeFrança, Hannah Wasielewski, Kristen Stake, Scott McPheeters

Scott McPheeters is a queer, interdisciplinary dance artist and educator who makes work that encourages moments of collective intimacy and questions how states of belonging are manifested in rural communities. He is a co-director of Subcircle — a dance company and artist residency located on a farm in Biddeford, Maine. McPheeters received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Sierra Nevada University, is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Bowdoin College, and teaches regularly at Casco Bay Movers dance studio in Portland.