Tracy Mitchell

Tracy Mitchell is a graduate of the Theatre Dance program at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she was mentored by National Ballet of Canada prima ballerina Nadia Potts, and studied with other notable teachers including Florentina Lojekova, Vicky St. Denis, Karen duPlessis, Stelio Calagias, Maureen Consolati, Audrey Looker, Malcolm Gayle, and Deborah Lundmark. While at TMU, she also completed her Diploma in Dance Teaching Studies (DDTS) with the Royal Academy of Dance concurrently with her Theatre Dance program studies. After graduation, Tracy appeared in several dance productions in Toronto as well as in commercial promotions for Lancôme, and toured Ontario in The Nutcracker with the Ontario Ballet. She later moved to Germany to perform in the corps de ballet of the Pforzheimer Ballet under balletmaster Anthony Sterago. Her performance credits with the Pforzheimer Ballet included roles in Coppelia, Cinderella, Die Fledermaus, Kiss Me, Kate, and Jesus Christ Superstar, as well as an original ballet/contemporary dance adaptation of the rock musical Pink Floyd – The Wall. Tracy has been a fully registered teacher with the RAD for over twenty years, and teaches all levels of the RAD syllabus. She has served as a ballet and movement coach for several professional theatre productions including Miss Saigon for Cameron Mackintosh Productions, and was most recently the resident rehearsal director for Ballet Jörgen’s The Nutcracker in Ottawa.

Tracy is a certified instructor of both Pilates and yoga, which she incorporates into her ballet instruction to emphasize the fundamentals of proper body alignment, injury prevention, and core strength. As well, she holds her ISTD Modern and National Dance credentials, and was one of the first instructors in Canada to become certified as a Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach. Tracy has continued her professional development through participation in the Healthy Dancer program with the Royal Ballet School, and is a certified teacher of the Rambert Grades Creative Dance for Early Years syllabus. Most recently, Tracy has been recognized as an Approved Tutor for the RAD’s AsTA.