Tyler Ring is a native of Muncie, Indiana, where he graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Dance from Ball State University. He has also studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Visceral Dance Chicago. 

 

As a performer, Tyler has danced new works by James Gregg, Banning Bouldin, Sidra Bell, Amy Miller, Dianne McIntyre, Monica Bill Barnes, and David Shimotakahara. After one season as a performing trainee with Thodos Dance Chicago, he danced with GroundWorks DanceTheater in Cleveland from 2017 to 2019 where he also served as Interim Education Outreach Director coordinating a curriculum of dance for inner city elementary schools in Northeast Ohio. Additionally, he spent one year as an Adjunct Professor with the Cleveland State University Theater and Dance Department creating new work for his students. His piece entitled The Depth Between premiered in March of 2019 at the CSU Dance Concert at Playhouse Square.

 

Presently serving on the faculty of the Dance Institute at the University of Akron, he is also available to our clients for private lessons and choreography. 

 

Tyler is 6’4” and sleeps every night with his stuffed animals Charlie the penguin and Debra the beluga whale.