A B O U T
ABOUT MADISON
Madison is a freelance choreographer, dancer, and dance educator currently based in the Bay Area and formerly in NYC. Madison’s work has been presented at The CraftNY (2018), Small Plates Dance Festival (2019), and the New Work Series (2019), funded by the NY Council on the Arts and Emerging Artist Fund, among others. In 2020, Madison began collaborating with experimental musician, ordinary blood. Their process is rooted in improvisation and a shared commitment to creating visceral, raw, experiential environments for their audience. Their first project, an experimental dance film, premiered at the Post/Future Performance Festival (2020), and went on to be exhibited at the Museum of Art History (MAH) in Santa Cruz, CA. In 2021, Madison was the recipient of a Cultivate Grant from the Santa Cruz Arts Council, for her site-specific project, VOID, featuring a live, sound score by ordinary blood. Most recently, Madison has begun working on a new, improvisational, site-specific work for the MAH. As a performer, Madison has danced for Nicole Von Arx, KayCrudden Co, FlockWorks, Mizanty Moves Dance, Spaces of Fontana, and Adaptations Dance Theater, among others. She has performed at venues such as Austin Dance Festival (TX), Queens Theatre (NY), Wilson College (PA), Actors Art Fund (NY), Arts on Site(NY) and Temple University(PA).
ARTIST STATEMENT
Madison is committed to using dance as a means of illuminating ideas fundamental to the human experience, fostered by a willingness to be a vulnerable and sincere in her practice. She champions collaboration with an understanding that doing so, elevates and challenges a piece. Her process and works are largely improvisation based. She functions from a belief that removing any formal codification of movement allows for the artist to maximize how much of their unfiltered selves they can bring to the material; thus, yielding a deeper more profound product. Her works are heavily influenced by concepts found in modern psychology. Madison aims to create an environment that reflects emotional responses resonating in the body, provoking viewers with questions and experiences that transcend any differential barriers that separate us from one another.