Ray Tadio
Assistant Professor of Dance Instruction
Jazz dance, musical theatre choreography and Philippine folk dance are among the specialties of Professor Ray Tadio. His repertory as a dancer includes pieces by Alvin Ailey, Jose Limon, Talley Beatty and Blondel Cummings, and his extensive experience creating choreography to be performed by college dance students includes recent productions by Hope’s Department of Dance and the University Dance Theatre of San Francisco State University.
Professor Tadio teaches Repertory (the required freshman course for dance majors) and courses in modern dance and dance history. He creates choreography for each spring's Dance X (this year, Dance 51), Hope's faculty-choreographed dance concert.
From 2000 to 2008, Professor Tadio was a visiting assistant professor at Hope College. He rejoined the Hope dance faculty in 2024.
AREAS OF Expertise
- Lester Horton modern dance technique
- Jazz dance
- Choreography and composition
- Cultural history of dance
EDUCATION
- MFA, dance, University of Wisconsin, 2007
- B.A., studio art, San Jose State University, 2002
HONORS, GRANTS, AWARDS, & PUBLISHED WORK
- "Investigating Grace" at San Francisco State University, National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces grant, 2010
- "Lady Kaede" (choreographed dance piece) accepted for the annual gala concert of the American College Dance Festival Association west region, 2014
- Le Hui D'Or award for excellence in jazz or contemporary dance, Le Groupe des Huit, France, 2006
Selected Performance Credits
- Ailey II Company (formerly the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble)
- Joyce Trisler Danscompany
- Philippine Dance Company of New York
- Co-founder, co-director and co-choreographer of Footprints Dance Project, New York, 1989-1994
View more performance and choreography credits on Professor Tadio’s CV