Other Experience & Skills
WORKSHOPS
L'École supérieur de ballet du Québec (ESBQ), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2020 (mentor for the Choreographers of Tomorrow)
Steps on Broadway - Professional Work Sessions, New York City, USA, 2019, 2020
Le PeTiT Cirque, Inglewood, California, USA, 2019 (improvisation, auditioning, private coaching)
Perform Act Dance WA (PADWA), Perth, Australia 2018 (ballet, physical acting for dancers, private coaching)
International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition Domenico Modugno, Italy 2018 (contemporary)
On the Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2017, 2020
Western Canadian AcroDance Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2016
Gravina in Danza, Gravina, Italy 2016, 2017
Phoenix Associates, Leicester & London, UK 2016 (ballet)
Independent Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark 2015 & 2016 (physical acting, auditioning workshop)
Danza in Fiera, Florence, Italie, 2014 (contemporary improvisation)
Dance World Cup Finals, Montréal 2013, Niagara Falls 2014 (contemporary improvisation, auditioning workshop), Whistler, British Columbia, Canada 2015 (contemporary improvisation, auditioning workshop)
Artists in Action, Mumbai, India, 2013 (contemporary improvisation, auditioning workshop)
DansEmotion, Montréal, Québec, 2012 & 2013 (contemporary improvisation)
Artistic Workshop, Fédération Internationale de la Gymnastique, Acrobatics Level 3 Academy in Vinnitsa, Ukraine (2012)
Regional Dance America Conference, Montréal, Québec, 2012 (ballet, contemporary improvisation)
World Dance Movement, Castellana Grotte, Italie, 2012 (contemporary improvisation), Castellana Grotte, Italie, 2015 (contemporary improvisation, contemporary partnering)
Entertainment Innovation Conference (EIC), University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2011 (contemporary improvisation, contemporary partnering, physical acting, music – improvisation and live performance situational exercises)
Move It, London, England 2010, 2011, 2019 (contemporary improvisation, building a character)
COMPETITION JUDGING
Ultimate Dance Move (UDM), Canada, 2019
International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition Domenico Modugno, Italy 2018
California Dance Classics, USA 2018
Gravina in Danza, Gravina, Italy 2016, 2017
Proelium Street Dance Battle, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2015. Conceptualized & produced by Rick Tjia in collaboration with Likethismoove Media & Cirque du Soleil Casting.
Bucharest Dance Competition, Bucharest, Romania, 2015
IDA Expression, Florence, Italie, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Dance World Cup Finals, Montréal 2013, Niagara Falls 2014, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada 2015
Artists in Action, Mumbai, India, 2013
WRITING
Sadie Jane Dancewear, Dance Blog, 2015-2020
4dancers.org, 2013
Dance Magazine, 2017, 2018
For details, see https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricktjia/ under Accomplishments/Publications
