People / Staff

Davison Scandrett

Design & Production Consultant

Davison Scandrett served as Director of Production for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2008 - 2012. Notable projects during his tenure include the Legacy World Tour, premieres of Nearly Ninety & Nearly 90^2, revivals of Antic Meet, Roaratorio, Rainforest & Squaregame, the Dia Beacon Events, and MCDC's final performances at the Park Avenue Armory. He also oversaw the documentation of production materials for inclusion in Dance Capsules and transfer to the Walker Art Center & New York Public Library. Since leaving MCDC, Davison has created lighting designs for Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener (Tesseract [with Charles Atlas], Blue Name, Light Years, Performance, Taste, Interface, Veal, Nox), Pam Tanowitz (New Work for Goldberg Variations, Once with Me, Sequenzas in Quadrilles, The Story Progresses, Broken Story, PASSAGEN, Heaven on One’s Head, The Spectators), Mike Birbiglia (Thank God For Jokes), Neal Brennan (3 Mics), and Paris Opera Ballet (Cunningham's Un jour ou deux). Production management credits include projects with Marina Abramovic, Wendy Whelan, Benjamin Millepied, Ohad Naharin, Kyle Abraham, Jennifer Monson, Brian Brooks, Steve Reich, Toshi Reagon, BalletBoyz, National Ballet of China, Ninagawa Company, Silk Road Ensemble, The Knights, Ensemble Signal, and Lincoln Center Festival. Before joining MCDC Davison was the Head Electrician for the World Tour of Rent and the First National Tour of The Drowsy Chaperone, as well as the recipient of a 2007 Bessie Award for his collaboration with Sarah Michelson and Parker Lutz on the visual design of DOGS. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.