TCDA-IBF welcomes back Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer Dacia Biletnikoff

Theodore Constant
Apr 25, 2024
2 min read

Updated: May 23

TCDA - International Ballet Festival / Summer Intensive

Dacia Biletnikoff was born and raised in California, where she trained under Theodore Constant and performed in his classical, Neo-classical and contemporary choreography at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis, CA, Jacob's Pillow International Dance Festival, MA , as well as on tour in Europe in productions such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Don Quixote", and "The Canyon", among others.

Dacia's training then extended from the United States to Europe, where she attended London Contemporary Dance School "The Place", graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance with High Honors.

During this time she studied with dancers and choreographers from Batsheva Dance Company, Scottish Dance Theatre, DV8 Physical Theatre, Random Dance Company and Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

After graduation, Dacia collaborated in Bologna, Italy, with Leggere Strutture, directed by Brigel Gjoka. She worked with dancers from the William Forsythe Company (Germany) and Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez (Belgium).

Dacia has performed with "Carabdanza" in Madrid, Spain, and has been a company member of Ballet Notiva and the Chadesh Contemporary Dance Movement. She then went on to dance with SF Dance Film Foundation and Adobe, San Francisco from January 21 to June 2021 (Into the Neural Forest, in partnership with Capacitor), Two Point Four Dance Theatre, Sacramento, CA from January 2020 to June 2024 - also as Choreographer - (The Constant Becoming by Derion Loweman, The Bunker by LanjaMartin, No Mine by Leandro Glory Damasco, Reimaged by Tony Nguyen), and with Capacitor, San Francisco, since June 2016 (Left to Her Own Devices, Cross-Pollination, The Perfect Flower, Okeanos).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

TCDA, Sacramento, CA

August 2016 - Present

Summer Intensive Contemporary Instructor

Sacramento Ballet School,

Sacramento, CA

August 2024 - Present

Contemporary Instructor to apprentices of main company and Level 4-6

DNA Dance Collective, Roseville, CA

August 2024 - Present

Contemporary and Conditioning Instructor

Northern California Dance Conservatory— Roseville, CA