Madeline began her training at Illinois Ballet Theater in Moline, Illinois. In 2006 she joined the pre-professional company River Pointe Ballet. In her teen years she studied under scholarships with the Bolshoi Ballet, Ballet West, Pittsburgh Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Northwest Dance Project, and Texas Ballet Theater. 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 and is now in her thirteenth season with the company. She has now 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 has danced eight summer seasons for a mixed-repertory company based in Seattle, ARC Dance, under the direction of Marie Chong. With ARC she has originated principal roles for works by Alex Ketley, Wen Wei Wang, Marika Brussel, Ilana Goldman and David Fernandez. For three summer seasons, Madeline has danced 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 performs 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, as well as contemporary works choreographed by the artistic director Alexander Van Alstyne. 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.

While performing at a high pace, 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. In addition to teaching ballet to the academy, she coaches the Youth America Grand Prix students as well as the Youth Company, and this year is helping to set and rehearse the children’s roles for Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker. Madeline is currently preparing for her biggest role yet: the birth of her baby girl, but plans to be back on stage early 2025.

This is Madeline’s thirteenth season with Ballet Idaho.