TRACIE STANFIELD

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.”   Internationally, Tracie's work has been produced in Benicassim, Spain, Edinburgh EICC in Scotland, Tokyo, St. Petersburgh, Russia throughout Mexico in MC, Monterrey and Ixtapa. Commission highlights include Tec de Monterrey Universidad, Verismo Opera Company, Tapestry Dance Company, Brooklyn Dance Festival Company. Tracie’s choreography has been presented throughout New York 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.

One of the “Nine DanceMakers Making History” (Dance Spirit), Tracie travels the world teaching dancers, dance educators and aspiring professionals. Tracie is on faculty at STEPS on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Recent teaching highlights include Dean College, Hussian College,  Joffrey Ballet, Yale University,  Amarbaillar in Paraguay, TDR Tour in Ixtapa, Encore Officer Camp and Marymount Manhattan College. Her SynthesisDANCE Teacher Training Workshops have been produced in Mexico City, Monterrey, Mexico and throughout the US.  

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 the Educational Advisor for SIETEOCHO, a pre-professional training program in Mexico City.  Film projects include Studio School, Caseology online campaign, The Fairy Queen with Director Erin Levendorf, Documentary and Dance4Camera projects with BT Films.