Maddie Hanson

Biography

Maddie Hanson is a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York City, accepted at the age of 16. She is a Company Dancer with The DASH Ensemble, and danced with GroundWorks DanceTheater. She is a Monsters of Hip Hop Show Cast and Tour alumna and an Elite Protégé alumna with The Pulse on Tour, where she traveled as an assistant on both convention circuits. Maddie is fortunate to have trained with and worked alongside some of the industry's most sought-after choreographers, including Brian Friedman, Dana Foglia, Tony Testa, Chonique Sneed, Luther Brown and Napoleon and Tabitha (Nappytabs), among more. She has also had the opportunity to work with Helen Simoneau (HS Dance), Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Stefanie Batten-Bland and Roy Assaf. She has performed repertory by Martha Graham, José Limón, Mark Morris, Crystal Pite, Jiri Pokorny, and RUBBERBANDance Group. Her choreographic work has been presented at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Baryshnikov Arts Center, DUMBO Dance Festival, and the APAP Conference. She was commissioned by MOVE(NYC), Joffrey Ballet School’s 2019-2020 Emerging Choreographer Series, and is a recipient of the 2019 Dance Ontario Creative Partnership. She was awarded a CreativAction Open Space residency at The National Ballet of Canada, and was selected as a 2020 Emerging Choreographer with Springboard Danse Montréal. She created a short film for BalletX’s 15th Anniversary Season, and traveled to Iceland to direct a film for Company | E, as well has has worked on commissions for DART DSP (Berlin), Kit Modus, Company | E, and DASH.