Ray Tadio

Assistant Professor of Dance Instruction
616.395.7700tadio@hope.edu
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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鈥檚 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鈥檚 Dance X (this year, Dance 52), Hope鈥檚 faculty-choreographed dance concert.

From 2000 to 2008, Professor Tadio was a visiting assistant professor at 91桃色破解版. 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

  • 鈥淚nvestigating Grace鈥 at San Francisco State University, National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces grant, 2010 
  • 鈥淟ady Kaede鈥 (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鈥1994

View more performance and choreography credits on Professor Tadio鈥檚 CV

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Ray Tadio

Phone Number616.395.7700