RIAN ALCID (HE/HIM)

DANCER. CHOREOGRAPHER. PERFORMER.

A multifaceted movement artist, choreographer, and performer born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Rian’s work analyzes the accessing of queer, ethnic, and emotional liberation through a retracing of sociocultural and familial upbringings. His artistic practice exists in the exploration, embodiment, and kinetic representation of these internal experiences through codified and uncodified movement, sourced from modern, post-modern, and contemporary dance practices. His work serves as a vessel to give his, and others, personal histories a corporeal existence.

Rian received his B.A. in Dance from University of California, Los Angeles. Additionally, he holds a Career Technical Education (CTE) Teaching Credential in Arts, Media, and Entertainment (AME). Professionally, he has had the privilege of dancing for artists and companies such as Ariel Scott, Ground Grooves, Maya Nadine Billig, Victoria Marks, and The Marías. He is a Scholarship Recipient of the second annual Los Angeles Choreographer’s Institute, hosted by the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. Rian’s works have been supported by theaters throughout Los Angeles including REDCAT Theater, Stomping Ground LA, Glorya Kaufman Theater at UCLA, and the RenArts Theater Space.

Currently, Rian works as a Dance Advisor at Renaissance Arts Academy in Glassell Park, Los Angeles. He aims to make dance accessible for all communities, especially those from underserved and underrepresented populations. Rian commits his work to uplift and support the AAPI, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ youth in pursuing the arts and succeeding in primary, secondary, and postsecondary education.