Rick's dancing began socially as a teenager and the first technical form to channel his enthusiasm was Contact Improvisation. After some modern dance training he performed through the 90's for British contemporary dance companies. As a choreographer and Improvisational performer, Rick has made work in many contexts, including major Opera houses, small theatres, art galleries, touring dance companies and warehouse parties. His choreographic practice has followed and sometimes led the development of his teaching. He started teaching CI in 1996 and gradually expanded the scope of his pedagogy to include performance improvisation, solo dancing and somatic exploration, ensemble composition and the Feldenkrais Method. For 20 years Rick taught Composition and Improvisation at London Contemporary Dance School and has been a guest teacher in many institutions, companies and festivals such as CNDC Anger (France), National Taiwan University of Arts, Hong Kong APA, Tanzfabrik Berlin, Freiburg Festival, The Royal Ballet School, Punchdrunk, DV8 and Rambert Dance Company. For the last 5 years, in collaboration with Emilie Darlet, Rick has been developing an ecosystem for CI in London which centres around providing regular classes, workshops and pedagogical progressions for all levels of study within CI.