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Candace Thompson-Zachery

Candace Thompson-Zachery

Candace Thompson-Zachery

ACE certified Personal Trainer, Pilates Mat instructor, TRX® Suspension Trainer + Rip Trainer + FORCE certified instructor, Level 1 Kettlebell Concepts Instructor, NASM certified Corrective Exercise Specialist

347.455.6357

www.candacedancefitness.com

Candace Thompson-Zachery, a Trinidad and Tobago native, is a dancer, choreographer and certified fitness professional specializing in personal training and corrective exercise. She is the beauty and brains behind CanDanceFit, Artistic Director of ContempoCaribe and Founding Executive Director of Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE. She is a graduate of Adelphi University’s BFA in Dance with the Ruth St. Denis Award for excellence from the dance department, and has gone on to work in various dance styles including Afro-Caribbean, Classical Modern, Modern/Contemporary, Contemporary Floor Technique, Jazz, Soca and West African. CanDanceFit, a personal training, corrective exercise and movement instruction entity, serves clients and studios in Manhattan and Brooklyn, conveniently bringing holistic fitness, exercise, dance and movement programs to fitness enthusiasts short on time, but big on quality and studios delivering high quality training.

Additionally, Candace has extended experience in the Gyrotonic Expansion system, Laban/Bartenieff Fundamentals, Myofascial Release (rollers/softballs) and Afro-Caribbean Dance Techniques, Soca, Ballet, Horton, Dunham and Graham. CanDanceFit merges the benefits of dance training with fitness and personal training strategies to serve both the average individual and the budding to professional performer. Currently, Candace does in-home training for clients in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and teaches Soca and Modern Dance at Mark Morris Dance Center and Brooklyn Arts Exchange.