• BIO
    Tracey Norman (she/her) is an independent artist, spending her time as a choreographer, educator, performer, outside eye, writer, and mother of two young children. Based in Tkaronto/Toronto, her love of movement developed in childhood while running through corn fields and jumping from haylofts on her family’s farm. Tracey’s choreography has been commissioned by numerous organizations including, DanceWorks Mainstage, Dance Ontario’s Creative Partnership Program, Dance Matters, Guelph Dance, and Kinetic Studio, performed in numerous festivals including, Nuit Blanche, Montreal Fringe, Toronto Fringe, and Festival de Danse en l’Atlantique, as well as self and co-produced across Canada. Her work has been described as “refreshing and original” (The Globe and Mail). Tracey is a resident artist of the Intergalactic Arts Collective (IGAC) and writes advocacy-focused articles for arts-based publications. Tracey has been on contract faculty in the Department of Dance at York University for over a decade, following the completion of her MFA.

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    CURRICULUM VITAE
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    CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS (ONLY PREMIERE PERFORMANCES LISTED)
    AGAIN AGAIN | 2023-24 | 60 min | group | creation phase
    YOU, ME AND THE WEATHER | 2023 | 12 min | solo | Artscape Youngplace, Toronto | MoOnhORsE Dance Theatre
    CHORUS OF ANGUISH | 2023 | 12 min | group | Faire and Fecan Theatre, Toronto | York Dance Ensemble
    WHERE WE INTERSECT (FILM VERSION) | 2021 | 25 min | group | DanceWorks Movingonline
    WHERE WE INTERSECT | 2020 | 16 min | group | Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto | Creative Partnership Program Dance Ontario
    ENDURANT | 2018 | 14 min | group | Oakwood Village Arts Centre, Toronto | Your Dance Fest
    (AN)OTHER | 2018 | 18 min | duet | Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal | Montreal Fringe Festival
    HOW TO TEAR DOWN A WALL | 2018 | 55 min | group | Artscape Youngplace, Toronto | DanceWorks CoWorks
    WILD/WALLED | 2017 | 16 min | group | Al Green Theatre, Toronto | Toronto Fringe Festival
    LEADING THE BLIND | 2017 | 7 min | solo | Walter Hall, Toronto | Festival of New Music
    DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL | 2016 | 12 min | duet | Hart House, Toronto | Hart House Chorus Spring Concert
    WHAT GOES BETWEEN | 2015 | 38 min | quartet | Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto | Forcier/Norman | DanceWorks
    TIPPING POINT | 2015 | 15 min | group | Faire & Fecan Theatre, Toronto | Beginnings and Endings | York Dance Ensemble
    HERE, AND FARTHER | 2014 | 10 min | solo | The Citadel, Toronto | Blumberg/Norman Double Bill
    WITNESS | 2013 | 16 min | duet | Dancemakers Centre for Creation | episodes | andscapes | DanceWorks CoWorks
    43°N 79°W | 2013 | 27 min | duet | Dancemakers Centre for Creation | episodes | andscapes | DanceWorks CoWorks
    LOCALLY SOURCED DANCES | 2011 | 10 min | duet | Robert Gill Theatre, Toronto | SDHS Conference/Series 8:08
    HERE: | 2011 | 13 min | duet | Faire & Fecan Theatre, Toronto | York University (Faculty guest on program)
    BORN CARTOGRAPHERS | 2010 | 16 min | sextet | Faire & Fecan Theatre, Toronto | Penumbra (MFA concert)
    …IMPRINTING TERRITORIES… | 2009 | 13 min | solo | McLean Theatre, Toronto | Cuatro (MFA concert)
    SKETCHING INFINITY | 2009 | 8 min | duet | Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto | Lux
    SEEING SHIFTING | 2009 | 12 min | septet | Faire & Fecan Theatre, Toronto | York Dance Ensemble
    MEETING PLACE | 2008 | 12 min | trio | Church Street BIA, Toronto | ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche
    INSOMNIA | 2008 | 19 min | solo | Winchester Street Theatre | DanceWorks CoWorks & Tracey Norman
    GIFTED | 2007 | 15 min | solo | Winchester Street Theatre | DanceWorks CoWorks & Larchaud Dance Project
    OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER | 2007 | 12 min | duet | Grafton Street Theatre, Halifax | Kinetic Studio
    OPENINGS |2007 | 5 min | group | Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto | Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre
    ALL ALONE TOGETHER | 2006 | 9 min | duet | Young Centre,Toronto |Toronto International Dance Festival
    PAST PROGRESSION | 2006 | 10 min | solo | Cap-Pele, New Brunswick | Festival de Danse en l’Atlantique
    ARE WE THERE YET? | 2006 | 10 min | quartet | Dancemakers Theatre | Larchaud Dance Project’s Shinjuru
    GO STILL | 2005 | 10 min | quintet | Dancemakers Theatre | Larchaud Dance Project’s Stript Bare
    14 STAIRS; 1 WINDOW | 2004 | 11 min | trio | Dancemakers Theatre, Toronto | fFIDA
    WAVING FROM THE INSIDE | 2004 | 18 min | septet | Dancemakers Theatre | Season Finale Series 8:08
    WE FILL UP | 2003 | 9 min | quartet | Dancemakers Theatre, Toronto | fFIDA
    LIVING LAPSE | 2003 | 6 min | quartet | site-specific | Toronto Street Festival & Junction Arts Festival



    SELECTED PERFORMANCE WORK
    YOU, ME AND THE WEATHER | 2023 | Choreographer: Tracey Norman | Artscape Youngplace | MoOnhORsE Dance Theatre
    LEADING THE BLIND | 2018 | Choreographer: Tracey Norman | Walter Hall, Toronto | Festival of New Music
    HERE, AND FARTHER | 2014 | Choreographer: Tracey Norman | The Citadel, Toronto | Blumberg/Norman Double Bill
    SOUNDWALKING INTERACTIONS | 2011 | Choreographer: Susan Lee | Toronto | SDHS Dance Dramaturgy Conference
    LOCALLY SOURCED DANCES | 2011 | Choreographers: Susan Lee & Tracey Norman| Robert Gill | SDHS Conference
    STAND UP DANCE: DANCE LIKE NO ONE’S WATCHING | 2011 | Choreographer: Meagan O’Shea | Ontario Tour
    …IMPRINTING TERRITORIES… | 2010 | Choreographer: Tracey Norman | Winchester St Theatre, Toronto | D2D Festival
    THE BALLAD OF SILO AND ROY | 2009 | Choreographer: Darcey Callison | Film Dir. John Greyson | BravoFact



    RECENT GRANTS AND AWARDS
    Ontario Arts Council 2023 – Creation Grant
    Toronto Arts Council 2023 – Creation Grant
    Ontario Arts Council 2021 – Arts Response Initiative Grant
    Toronto Arts Council 2020 – Production Grant
    Toronto Arts Council 2019 – Creation Grant
    Dance Ontario Creative Partnership Funding 2019 – Creation & Performance
    Toronto Arts Council 2018 – Creation Grant
    Frankie Award Nomination 2018 – Most Outstanding Choreography at Montreal Fringe Festival (Bouge d’ici)
    Toronto Arts Council 2017 – Production & Presentation Grant
    Canada Council for the Arts 2015 - Presenters Grant (with DanceWorks for Forcier/Norman)
    Ontario Arts Council 2014 – Production & Presentation Grant
    Ontario Arts Council 2013 – Production & Presentation Grant (with JDdance)
    Toronto Arts Council 2012 – Production & Presentation Grant (with JDdance)
    Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2008-2010 – MFA in dance



    EDUCATION
    MFA – Choreography and Dramaturgy York University, Toronto ON 2008 - 2010
    BFA – Specialized Honours Dance York University, Toronto ON 1999 - 2003



    RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    YORK UNIVERSITY | Contract Faculty Member – Department of Dance(technique, choreography, improvisation) | 2010 – Present
    CREATIVE PROCESS TEACHER | Creative process workshops in high schools across Ontario | 2008-Present
    TANDEM STUDIOS | Instructor & Choreographer | Toronto | 2010-2017




    RECENT PUBLICATIONS
    The Dance Current Magazine. Empty Seats at the Table. November/December 2020.
    Journal of the Motherhood Initiative. Problematic Intersections: Dance, Motherhood and the Pandemic. December 2020.



    RECENT MODERATING, MENTORING, MASTER CLASS TEACHING and RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES
    OUTSIDE EYE for various emerging and mid-career artists | Ongoing
    MENTOR for Dancer Transition Resource Centre’s (DTRC) Mentorship Program | Winter 2024
    MENTOR for Bloom | York Dance Student’s Association Showcase | 2017- Present
    GUEST ARTIST for Dancer Transition Resource Centre’s (DTRC) Toronto - Industry Connect | April 2023
    MODERATOR for DanceWorks/Fall For Dance North presentation of Ballet Edmonton | March 2023
    SPEAKER at Balancing Act Canada’s Affinity Group | January 2022
    ARTIST RESIDENCY IN MOTHERHOOD mentored by founder Lenka Clayton for 6 months | Summer/Fall 2021
    CO-CONVENOR for Intersections of Care: Dance Artists and Caregiving | Panel Discussion | April 2021
    WORKSHOP FACILITATOR for series of movement-based workshops | DanceWorks & TDSB | Spring 2021
    PANELIST for Dance Collection Danse’s National Choreographic Seminar | DCD, Toronto | May 2018
    MASTER CLASS TEACHER for CODE Conference | Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville ON | October 2017
    MENTOR/PARTICIPANT ChoreoComp, University of Toronto (graduate level course for composers) | 2016-17
    MENTOR OUTSIDE EYE for O’Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute Choreographic Projects | 2016 AND 2017
    MASTER CLASS TEACHER for Shifting Creations, Cornwall, ON | 2014, 2016 & 2017
    PRESENTER at TEDx Conference | Tribute Recital Hall, York University | March 2015
    SPEAKER for On The Move – “Mapping Your First Year Out” | DTRC | March 2014
    OUTSIDE EYE/ DRAMATURG | Cornwall, Ontario Community Project | May 2014
    CHOREOGRAPHER/ADMINISTRATOR for TSN/Klondike Television Commercial | March 2014



    SELECTED BOARD & JURY MEMBERSHIP
    INTERGALACTIC ARTS COLLECTIVE / ARTSCAPE YOUNGPLACE | Board Member (current President) | 2013 - Present
    TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL | Dance Projects Jury | 2022 AND 2018
    DANCE MATTERS | Curatorial Committee | 2012
    CANADIAN ALLIANCE OF DANCE ARTISTS – ONTARIO CHAPTER | Board Member | 2008-2011
    SOCIETY OF DANCE HISTORY SCHOLARS | Dance Dramaturgy Conference Committee Member | 2010-11
    DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS | Dance Jury Member | 2008-09



    TEACHING & RELATED CERTIFICATIONS / EDUCATION
    ADVANCED LIMÓN TECHNIQUE TEACHER COURSE; Limón School NYC; Facilitator: Roxane D’Orleans-Juste 2016
    LIMÓN TECHNIQUE TEACHER COURSE; Limón School NYC; Facilitator: Alan Danielson 2013
    LEVEL 1 CERTIFIED TEACHER OF C-I Training™ (conditioning-with-imagery); Facilitator: Donna Krasnow; 2012