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Mr. Tadio was born in the Philippines and received his dance training at the Alvin Ailey School in New York. He danced with the Ailey II Company for three years and later served as assistant to the director on several national and Caribbean tours. His performing credits include the Joyce Trisler Danscompany, Kevin Wynn Collection, David Rousseve, Asian American Dance Theater, Philippine Dance Company of NY and numerous companies in NYC and abroad. He co-founded and co-directed Footprints Dance Company of NYC from 1990-94 and co-directed IDT, the jazz and tap affiliate dance company of Hope College in Michigan from 2004-2008.
Mr. Tadio has choreographed for the Ailey II Company, Reflections Dance Co. of Washington D.C., Pori Dance Co. of Finland, Benetton Corp. (NY), National Ballet Academy of the Netherlands, Jazz Theater Show Musical/Theaterschool Amsterdam, dANCEpROjECT (MI), Movements Dance Co. of Jamaica, and studio companies in Japan & Europe.
Mr. Tadio's international association includes residing in The Netherlands for four years, teaching/choreographing at the theater schools in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. He taught workshops for Djazzex Co. (Den Hague), Rotterdamse Dansgroep, and studios in Belgium, Germany, Italy, and France. He was awarded the Le Huit d?Or in France in 1995 for excellence in jazz and contemporary dance. In 1998, he moved back to the US and subsequently obtained his art degree at San Jose State University. He taught at UC Davis before acquiring an Assistant Professorship at Hope College in 2004. He specializes in the Lester Horton modern dance technique as well as modern jazz and frequently teaches in Europe and Japan. Mr. Tadio holds an M.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
