Riky Riccardo Tanca is a performer and engineer from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

He is actively involved on the front of street performance, both as an organizer and in first person, with the show "Circo distratto" (art director of Juggling Conventions and street festivals). Particularly, in the past years, he's refining ring manipulation creating a brand-new style, original and contemporary. In 2011 he made a juggling film: DADAOLTA.

With the illustrator Giorgia Atzeni he founded the Cultural Association named “FogliVolanti”, a non-profit organization that has among its objectives the spreading of juggling.

He is a special circus teacher.

Riky has been on Luke Burrage's Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers list in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

 

Performance in:

• 2009 - Circo "Darix Togni"

• 2010 -  Festival Arti distratte (Empoli, Italia), Hoplà Convention (Muttersholz - Strasbourg, Francia), Sicilian Juggling Convention (Trapani, Italia), Saltincirco (Bologna, Italia)

• 2011 - “Me in the bubble” - Teatro Massimo, (Roma, Italia), Festival Arti distratte (Empoli, Italia), Passe la Jongleur (Parigi, Francia), TJC (Trento, Italia), Ibla Busker Festival (Ragusa, Italia)

• 2012 - 19° Israeli Juggling Convention (Israel), Eucima (Madrid, Espana), Festival Arti distratte (Empoli, Italia), Nordic Juggling Convention (Denmark), Experimental Juggling Festival - Gaggiano (Milano, Italia)

• 2013 - Dublin Circus Festival (Dublino), ZirkuLaer n°9 (Laer, Germany), Prague Juggling MATRATHON (Praga, Czech Republic)

• 2014 - X4mart (Cagliari), Bibasse Festival (Nancy - France), Open Stage EJC2014 (Millstreet - Ireland) - WS Katakomben (Berlin)

• 2015 - Open Brianza Juggling Conv. (Milano), MetroLive (Cagliari), WS European Juggling Convention 2015 (Brunico - Italy), Hungarian Juggling Convention (Balmazújváros - Ungheria), WS Juggle (Sanluri - IT), Sardinia Circus festival (Sarroch- CA), Tohuwabohou Festival (Halle - Germany)

• 2016 - "Italian's Got Talent" television program SKY, Nürtingen Juggling Convention (Germany), Hoopen Circles (Cesenatico - Italy), open stage EJC2016 (Amsterdam), Bornfire Festival (Singapore)

• 2017 - Musicfestival (Berchidda - SS), Amazon Event (Cagliari), Sardinia Circus Festival (sarroch - CA), Mamatita Festival (Alghero SS), ZirkuLaer n°13 (Laer, Germany)

• 2018 - Sartiglia Oristano, Festival “Tuttestorie” Cagliari, Pianoro Busker Festival (Bologna), Festival Tepilora, Bitti

• 2019 - Circumnavigando Festival (Genova), “Cin Cin Circus” (Terralba), “Street Book” Dolianova, Festival “Spazi D’Oro” (Parma), “Joko” Festival (Posada), Salento Busker Festival (Puglia), Patapum Festival (Nuoro)

• 2020 - Festival della montagna (Desulo), Festival della scienza (Carbonia), Festival Spettacoli in Movimento (Villamar)

• 2021 - "Diario di Casa" RAI YOYO