[6] In 2008, the work was commissioned by The Royal Ballet's then director, Monica Mason, who was eager to develop his choreographic abilities.

[3][5] On 29 April 2014, Scarlett's Hummingbird, inspired by Philip Glass's Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra premiered at the San Francisco Ballet.

[4] In its review, The Arts Desk website's critic thought that it stood "above offerings from Wheeldon, Morris and Liang," and that Scarlett created "a fabulous, compelling visual and emotional world ... stirring stuff, and beautiful.

[17] However, his colleagues Dmitri Tcherniakov and Alexei Ratmansky called his death a suicide and blamed cancel culture.

[18] A day before his death, the Royal Danish Theatre had cancelled[19] his Frankenstein show over allegations of unacceptable behaviour in 2018 and 2019.