Tracie Stanfield

Mentor

Tracie Stanfield builds on her expertise as a producer, director, educator and artist to guide and mentor creatives at all levels of experience. Tracie actively curates, advises and produces artistic events in traditional venues as well as site specific and virtual environments. Her mentorship and training programs have been produced throughout the US and internationally. Each session is tailored to the individual needs of the Creative. Consulting for organizations focuses on artistic and project strategy. Working with emerging dance companies can include concept advancement and growth based strategies. Coaching artists aims at developing strong creative habits, career mapping and action plans.

Creative

Tracie Stanfield is an award-winning choreographer, educator, creative consultant, and the founder/Artistic Director of  SynthesisDANCE in New York City. Dance Magazine calls her classes “inspiring’” and the Huffington Post UK says Tracie “thrilled and mesmerized with her masterful fusion of contemporary and classical dance forms.”

Producer

Tracie has served as Producer for numerous productions, festivals and events including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Open Jar Studios, Symphony Space, DiCapo Opera Theatre, BAM Fisher, Long Island University and Gelsey Kirkland PAC. Her projects have toured through Alaska, the midwest US, Mexico and Argentina.

Director

Beyond her work with the Spirit of Elan Award-winning SynthesisDANCE, Tracie served as the Resident Choreographer for the Booking Dance Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has been regularly featured in Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher and Dance Informa Magazines . She is the Founding Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Dance Festival and serves on the Advisory Board of the Young Choreographers' Festival and various dance organizations that promote the future of dance for all audiences. Tracie served as Educational Advisor for SIETEOCHO, a pre-professional training program in Mexico City.  Film projects include The Studio School, Caseology watches online campaign, The Fairy Queen with Director Erin Levendorf, Emily Rose Laochua's documentary on water conservation and Dance4Camera projects with BT Films. 

Choreographer

Tracie’s choreography has been presented throughout NY at Symphony Space, Jazz at Lincoln Center, BAM Fisher, The Duke Theatre, Brooklyn Museum, Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Bryant Park, Brooklyn College, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Music School and Untermyer Park in Yonkers. Internationally, her work has been produced at the Benicassim Dance Festival (Spain), Edinburgh EICC (Scotland), SieteOcho (Mexico City), Premiero Ato (Brazil), St Petersburg (Russia) and Dublin (Ireland). Stage commissions include Tec de Monterrey Universidad, Verismo Opera Company, Tapestry Dance Company, Kilgore Rangerettes, Brooklyn Dance Festival Company and Flux Dance Company, among others.

Educator

One of the “Nine DanceMakers Making History” (Dance Spirit Magazine), Tracie travels the world teaching dancers, local dance educators and aspiring professionals. Tracie is on faculty at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center in NYC and tours with Fluid Dance and Energy Dance Conventions. Teaching highlights include Joffrey Ballet, Yale University, Amarbailar in Paraguay, TDR Tour in Ixtapa, Encore Dance Camp in Dallas, Marymount Manhattan College and the Frank Sinatra School of Performing Arts. Her SynthesisDANCE Teacher Training Workshops have been produced in Mexico City, Monterrey Mexico and throughout the US.  

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