Artistic director of the Printz Dance Project (PDP) and Bay Area based choreographer, dancer and educator, Stacey received her sociology and dance degrees from UC Irvine. In addition to teaching at Alonzo King’s Lines Dance Center she has been/is on staff at ACT (American Conservatory Theatre -MFA program), St. Mary’s College, Sonoma State University and has taught classes and workshops for Universities and studios across the U.S. -including classes in New
York (at Broadway Dance, NYU, and Peri Dance), Memphis, Los Angeles (UCLA, El Camino College), Utah, Kentucky, Idaho, Colorado and more. Internationally she has taught in Curacao, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Lithuania, Ireland and Italy. Her show, Hover Space, premiered to high praise, packed houses and reviewers saying, “With a talented cast, unique concept and inventive movement, Hover Space is a slam dunk.” And “the ‘hovering’ second stage was brilliant”. Her company has performed in San Francisco for 12 years, and has toured across the nation and internationally in Russia, Lithuania, and Ireland. Printz also collaborates on multi-genre, full evening performing arts pieces including: Aaron Davidman’s, “Wrestling Jerusalem” and YBCA’s Director of Performing Arts, Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s internationally recognized works, Scourge and The Break/s and his latest highly acclaimed piece, “Red, Black & Green: A Blues”, which premiered at YBCA, and is currently touring the country with upcoming performances at The Kennedy Center www.printzdance.org