Xhosa Scott

Xhosa Scott (Los Angeles, CA) was raised in Virginia where he began dancing with the School of Richmond Ballet’s outreach program, Minds in Motion. He continued training at Baltimore School for the Arts, and attended summer intensives including the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and The Juilliard School. After graduating high school under the School of American Ballet, Scott attended the University of Virginia where he majored in art history with a minor in anthropology. While at The Ailey School in the Scholarship Program, he performed works by choreographers including Ronald K. Brown, Amy Hall Garner, Ray Mercer, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. This is Scott’s first season with Ailey II.