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Tribe Body

Tracy Flaherty is a New Jersey native who began dancing at the age of three. She started her dance experience at the Irene Fokine School in Ridgewood, NJ where a lifelong passion and commitment to the art of dance was born.

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Tracy’s dance training includes the Irene Fokine School of Ballet; Joffrey School of Ballet, The American Ballet School; and was an Equity member of the American Dance Machine where she was under the direction of Lee Theodore, the famed Broadway musical choreographer and performer.

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Tracy’s professional credits include commercials, movies, and special events including ABC Omnibus Theatre, and the Chita Riveria Tribute. Over the years Tracy has performed with Dick Cavet, Paul Sorvino, Gwen Verdon, Lucy Arnez, Anne Reinking, Chita Riveria and Syd Charisee.

 

Tracy took a break from performance dance in 1987 to raise a family yet stayed connected to dance by becoming a world class teacher of dance and fitness classes at several top notch studios and health clubs. Tracy became an instant star for her unique and high energy dance and fitness classes and energetic style of teaching.

Tracy also ran a highly successful personal fitness business where she coached and trained dozens of clients on improving their bodies and health through proper exercise and nutrition.

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In 2006 Tracy’s took her dance career to another level by opening her first dance studio, Dance on The Edge. Her business took off and in 2010 Tracy moved her dance studio to a much larger space and renamed her business Tribe Body. Today, Tribe Body is a premier destination for adult dance classes and has a rapidly growing kids, and young adult program called Tribe Generation.

Tribe Body offers dozens of dance classes each week, and monthly workshops and master classes featuring distinguished teachers and working dance professionals who bring a wealth of industry expertise and knowledge to their classes and workshops.

 

Over the past 40 years Tracy has risen from a young dancer to a star dance teacher and highly successful business owner. Tribe Body demonstrates the quality of her work and the value of the services Tribe Body provides through countless testimonials and thousands of customers.

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Tribe Body is a warm and engaging, boutique studio and is a unique destination for dancers of all ages. Their classes are customized to address the dancer’s needs starting at age 2 though their teen years, and then on into adulthood. As the student grows and develops their skills, Tribe Body is there developing along with the individual student’s needs, no matter where they are in their dance journey. Whether you are a recreational dancer or an aspiring professional, Tribe Body have a class program for any type of growing and developing dancer.

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For more than 35 years Tracy has been teaching dance classes designed to improve lives. She is honored to have a staff of professional dance teachers that you won’t find anywhere else. Their teachers work professionally in New York City and internationally. They bring their expertise and knowledge to all of the Tribe Body classes, enabling them to offer a vast array of highly sought after disciplines under one roof.

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