TRACI Young-Byron developed an interest in dancing while attending professional schools even before she turned five.
As a result of her back-to-back successes, she has established her own dance school.
Who is Traci Young-Byron from Supa Girlz?
Born on November 23, 1979, in Miami, Florida, Tracy is a professional dancer and the founder of Young Contemporary Dance Theatre.
She began her dance journey when she joined the Inner City Children’s Touring Dance Company before the age of five.
She went on to pursue her dance path when she moved to South Miami Middle School, Miami Northwestern Senior High School’s Performing, and Visual Arts Center.
Subsequently, she graduated from Florida State University with a degree in dance in 1997. After graduation, she was selected to study at the Alvin Summer Intensive in New York.
Taking further steps in her career, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance in 2001 after she joined the Kappa Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. in 2000.
As a result of her stellar background, she earned a spot in the Miami Heat dance group where she danced for nine years.
During this period, she founded the Young Contemporary Dance Theatre in 2004.
She later became the artistic director of the P.A.V.A.C. Dance program and the elite Golden Girls Dance Team in 2008.
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What is Super Girlz about?
Super Girlz is a six-episode docuseries that details the life of one of the best high school dance teams in the country called the Miami Northwestern “G Girls”.
In this docuseries, the G Girls are a trend-setting sensation whose successes and struggles reflect those of Liberty City, Miami, a neighborhood they call home.
The docuseries, which premiered exclusively on ALLBLK on March 7, 2024, is led and directed by Traci Young-Byron.
The series gives an insight into the world of Traci’s school year where she struggles to attain success with an entirely new dance team.
Super Girlz weaves together Traci’s personal story with those of her young new dancers over the course of one season.
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When was the Young Contemporary Dance Theatre founded?
Traci founded the Young Contemporary Dance Theatre in 2004
She started her competition, Young Contemporary Dance Theatre SupaStarz, in 2013.
Her studio teaches modern, contemporary, jazz, West African, Caribbean, and Hip-Hop ballet.
Young Contemporary Dance Theatre competition team, SupaStarz, is made up of dancers aged 13 to 18.