Resume

Riley Skworoda Dance Resume

Education/Training

• Rhythm Summit by Tap Motif, Lefkada, Greece (2013)

• Vancouver International Tap Festival, Vancouver, BC (2012 - 2014, 2016, 2019)

• Big Apple Tap Festival New York City, NY (2013)

• University of Alberta (2010-2014) B.A.R.S.T (Bachelor of Arts, Recreation, Sports & Tourism)

• Jimmy Slyde Institute, Barcelona, Spain (2014/15)

• Escola Luthier Advanced Professional Tap Dance Training Program, Barcelona, Spain (2014/15)

• Stockholm Tap Festival Professional Level, Stockholm, Sweden (2015-2019)

• Montpellier Tap Festival, Montpellier, France (2015)

• Institute For The Rhythmic Arts, Chicago, IL (2015)

• Tap On Barcelona Festival, Barcelona, Spain (2016)

• Rhythm Body and Soul Festival Calgary, AB (2014-2019)

• RBS Residencies with Max Pollak and Roxane Butterfly Calgary, AB (2017)

• Ted Louis Levy Residency, Toronto, ON (2017)

• Heather Cornell’s Tap Labs, Valley Cottage, NY (2018 & 2019)

• Twin Cities Tap Festival, Minneapolis, MN (2018)

• Andrew Nemr’s Tap Dance Freedom Intensive, Vancouver, BC (2019)

• Creative Incubator by Good Women Dance Collective, Online (2020)

Past Performances

• Gala Solidaria ‘Sarasvati’ with Big Band de Terrasa (2015)

• Ensemble for Capella Josh at Stockholm Tap Festival Faculty Concert (2015)

• International Tap Show at Montpellier Tap Festival (2015)

• The Origins Of Music Documentary with Roxane Butterfly (2015)

• Produced/Performed at An Evening Of Tap In Support Of KidSport (2016)

• “Landmark Beats” Feats Festival of Dance (2016)

• Singin’ & Swingin’! Featuring Ted Louis Levy & The Toronto Jazz Orchestra (2017)

• “Rhythm and Sound” Feats Festival of Dance (2017)

• The Works Art & Design Festival (2017)

• Produced, lead choreographer, and performed in “A Dance Journey: Traveling In Time” for Edmonton Fringe Festival (2017)

• Don Berner Big Band Live at Teddy’s (2017)

• Kinesis (2018)

• Nextfest Collaboration Project (2018)

• “Dynamic Dance” Feats Festival of Dance (2018)

• Tap Day Concert by Tri-Tone Productions (2019)

• “Let Us Dance” by Vancouver Tap Dance Society (2021)

Teaching Experience

• Vancouver Tap Dance Society (2019 - Current)

  • Competitive Program Director

• 3rd Street Beat (2015 - 2018)

  • Pre-professional Tap Team Director

• Dancefusion Academy Of Dance (2012 - 2014)

• Dance at Brijets (2008 - 2014)

• Canadian Dance Teachers’ Association Tap Educators Workshop (2016)

• Theme class instructor at Stockholm International Tap Festival (2018 & 2019)

Special Skills

• University of Alberta out of faculty focus in Fine Arts (drama, modern dance, jazz music)

• Certified A.D.A.P.T dance instructor (3 year program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

• Experience working with live music

• Choreographing award winning solos/duets/groups/lines

• Trained in body percussion

• Completed Al Gilbert Tap Examinations (Grade 5 - 9)

Adjudicating Experience

• Wanna Dance? Canada Tour 2018 (Vermillion, Medicine Hat, Cold Lake)

• Wanna Dance? Canada St. John’s, NL 2019