Darryl Tracy
Darry Tracy, choreographer, interpreter, teacher, and producer, is a Toronto-based independent dance artist. He has studied dance with many teachers across Canada, Europe, and the United States, most notably Pat Miner, Edie Shaw, and Risa Steinberg. He has appeared in works by many of Canada’s leading choreographers including Darcey Callison, Marie-Josée Chartier and Linda C. Smith, Michael DuMaresq, Jenn Goodwin, Patti Powell, Holly Small, Heidi Strauss, Michael Trent, and Gerry Trentham, among many others. From 1999-2008 along with Strauss, he was co-Artistic Director and dancer of Four Chambers dance projects.
Tracy danced with Sylvain Émard danse (Montreal) from 2004-2009. In 2004, he was voted “one of Toronto’s best dancers” by NOW magazine. His choreography has been performed by 3M Dances, Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre, Cawthra Park Secondary School, Dusk Dances, Elev8 Youth (Victoria BC), Halifax Dance's Young Company (YoCo), IDAC, Park Avenue Dance Company (New York), Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, Ryerson University, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Series 8:08 Series Finale, and The White Room (2005).
Tracy’s recent self-produced show inherencies and other disorders (September 2010) was performed to sold-out houses. The show premiered two new works by Lesandra Dodson and Keith Cole with interpretation by Tracy, as well as CASA, his own new work.
Tracy is a senior faculty member at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. In addition, he is a part-time private physiotherapist for Physio-Logic Neurological Rehabilitation Clinic.
Upcoming is a new commission for Connection Dance Works (Saint John, NB).