Madeline began her training at Illinois Ballet Theater in Moline, Illinois. She danced for the pre-professional company River Pointe Ballet in her teen years. After high school she attended the University of Utah and joined the resident company, Utah Ballet. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a double emphasis in ballet performance and teaching essentials. After graduation she joined Ballet Idaho where she danced thirteen season with the company, retiring in 2025 as a soloist. She has been featured in many roles including the title role in Ricardo Amarante’s world premiere Carmen, Fairy Godmother in Edwaard Liang’s Cinderella, a principal woman in George Balanchine’s Divertimento no.15, and Snow Queen in Peter Anastos’ The Nutcracker, as well as the lead roles in Danielle Rowe’s Dreamland and Chaminade. Madeline danced eight summer seasons for ARC Dance, in Seattle, where she originated principal roles for works by Alex Ketley, Wen Wei Wang, Marika Brussel, Ilana Goldman and David Fernandez. She also danced three summer seasons in with Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. With Terpsicorps she performed lead roles in Asheville and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, including the title role in Cleopatra, a full-length world premiere created by artistic director Heather Maloy. Madeline also performed as a guest artist for A.V.A Ballet Theatre in Reno, Nevada where she has performed principal roles in The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.
Locally, Madeline has danced with LED, Boise Dance Co-op and Treefort Music Fest, performing works by Lauren Edson, Brendan Duggan, Whyteberg, Daniel Ojeda, and many others.
During her career she has also pursued her life-long love of teaching and has served Ballet Idaho Academy faculty since 2012. Given Madeline’s degree, performance history, and experience in dance education, she is a highly sought after private instructor and coach. This year she will be director of the Youth Company in addition to teaching the intermediate and advanced ballet classes six days a week. She also coaches the students in the competition program and helps to set and rehearse the children’s roles for Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker.