Performance Training

His methods go deeper than the professional and artistic levels. Wherever he goes, forever will remain that which he gave us—that which he taught us. Thomas Riccio has opened our inner world to us and begun to combine it with the outer.

—Yakuta Daily News (Siberia)

Center for the Arts Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia

Lul Theatre

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lecture Series, Jishou University, China — Lecture Series, Jishou University, China

Director’s Lab, Chicago

Coming at a time of Sakha cultural re-evaluation and exploration, Mr. Riccio’s work here has greatly contributed to our understanding, offering a needed new perspective on our theatrical identity.

A. S. Borisov , Minister of Culture, Republic of Sakha

Your workshops will have a long and profound impact and will be felt by future generations.

—Jean Guingane, Directeur FITMO Burkina Faso

Riccio’s major focus is teaching the actors how to use their bodies to understand and feel their characters. Gestures and body language are part of a performer’s vocabulary and the foundation of Riccio’s work.

—Kathmandu Post

Korean National University for the Arts — KUNA, Korean National University for the Arts, Seoul

Metamorphosis Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia

Mandala Theatre, Kathmandu, Nepal

I share with you a noble sense of living with joy, zeal, and vigor and cherish an iconic image of life, art, and service from you. I imbibe from you a sincere dedication to the profession and a love of the life of freedom. You are my role model in both life and profession.

—Dean Dhruba Karki, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Body, Space Place, Creating Indigenous Performance, book chapter — Body, Space Place, Creating Indigenous Performance, book chapter

Collective (Re)Creation as Site of Reclamation, Reaffirmation, and Redefinition, book chapter — Collective (Re)Creation as Site of Reclamation, Reaffirmation, and Redefinition, book chapter

Zulu Township Workshop — APPEX,, UCLA

Dead White Zombies, Workshop — Dead White Zombies, Workshop, Dallas

Tukak’ Teatre, Greenland Inuit

!Xuu and Khwe Bushman, Kalahari — !Xuu and Khwe Bushman, Kalahari

Character Mask Workshop, University of Texas at Dallas

Your lectures in Art and Society, Art Management, African Theatre, and Social Mobilization greatly inspired students. They will always remember your Director’s Workshop.

—Amandina Lihainba, Dean, Arts and Performance The University of Dar es Salaam

Thomas Riccio is an educator and scholar whose excellence emanates from within. His interactions are sincere, enthusiastic, and soulful drawing on personal experiences of growth cultivated through his world travels, lifelong research and scholarship, and diverse human interactions.

—Scott Branks del Llano, Professor, Dallas College

Without Mr. Riccio's tireless input, this project would not have been possible. He has shown an uncanny ability to walk into a foreign culture and develop a theatre language that transcends all barriers.

—Themi Venturas, Kwasa Group, South Africa

The workshops you led at the National Theatre of Kenya on puppet and object creation, and storytelling about AIDS, have been enriching and inspiring for Kenyan artists.

—S..L. Anami ,Minister of Culture, Kenya

Center for the Arts, Lusaka, Zambia

Township Workshop, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

KUNA, Korean National University for the Arts, Seoul

Sakha National Theatre, Siberia

Ritual Preparations

Ritual Preparation, Sakha National Theatre, central Siberia.

Ritual Preparation, Metamorphosis Theatre

Ritual Preparation, Greenland Inuit. Tukak Teater.

Tuma Theatre / Alaska

Tuma Theatre, Mask Carving and Performance Workshop, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tuma and Tom Riccio changed me forever. Now I am more expressive and have a deeper understanding of what happened in my people's past, what is happening now, and what I can do about it.

—Wilma Brown, Tuma Theatre, Alaska

Theatre as Social Remediation a Panel Discussion with Erik Ehn and thomas Riccio

Lul theatre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Workshops, Nairobi, Kenya

University of Pondicherry, India

Township Workshop, kwaZulu Natal, South Africa