Darryl Tracy

Dance Style
Contemporary

Workshop Title
Centre Contemporary Dance Class with the Sensory Systems

Workshop Description
This highly kinetic center class infuses modern dance principles (primarily in Limon Technique), alignment, efficiency of movement and performance quality. His class incorporates various choreographic styles leading the participants through a systematic and challenging dance exploration. The participants will experience large voluminous movemnt combinations and grand allegros leaving the dancers feeling exhilirated. Darryl is a practising physiotherapist-he promotes a healthy learning environment to allow all participants the freedom to explore, grow and develop their full potential.

Artist Bio
Darryl C. Tracy is a Toronto based independent dance artist (choreographer, interpreter and teacher). Darryl has studied with many teachers across Canada and in the US, most notably Pat Miner, Edie Shaw, Brian Webb and Heidi Bunting. He has appeared in works by many choreographers including Darcey Callison, Michelle Silagy, Heidi Strauss, Gerry Trentham, Marie-Josee Chartier & Linda C. Smith, Patti Powell, Holly Small, Jenn Goodwin, Michael Trent, Michael DuMaresq among many others. Along with Strauss, he is co-Artistic Director and dancer of Four Chambers dance projects. They have commissioned duets choreographed by by Sarah Chase, Leasandra Dodson, Sylvain Emard, Conrad Alexandrowicz, Guillaume Bernardi, Marie-Josee Chartier, Julia Sasso and Yvonne Coutts. He and Strauss were nominate for a Dora mavor Moore award (2005) for their performance in "Rustling Shadows" choreographed by Deja Donne.Darryl presently dances with Sylvain Emard danse in Montreal, Quebec. Darryl's choreography has been seen with: The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Cawthra Park Secondary School (2003-2005), 3M Dances, Canadian Children's Dance Theatre, Series 8:08 Series Finale (May 2004), Dusk Dances, The White Room (2005) Rosedale Heights School of the Arts. Darryl sits on the faculty of The School of the Toronto Dance Theatre and is a regular teacher at 509 Dance Collective, CCDT, Dance-Teq, National Ballet Summer School, and guest teaches throughout GTA. Darryl has also taught Master Classes at RDQ in Montreal and in Rochester, New York. He teaches anatomy and health care at STDT and throughout Toronto. He also a part-time private physiotherapist for Physio-Logic Neurological Rehabilitation Clinic.

Darryl Tracy is a Master Teacher based in Toronto-HIs highly kinetic center class infuses modern dance principles (primarily in Limon Technique), alignment, efficiency of movement and performance quality. His class incorporates various choreographic styles leading the participants through a systematic and challenging dance exploration. The participants will experience large voluminous movemnt combinations and grand allegros leaving the dancers feeling exhilirated. Darryl is a practising physiotherapist-he promotes a healthy learning environment to allow all participants the freedom to explore, grow and develop their full potential.