PERSPIRATION
Accepted at age 16 to and earned a BFA from The Juilliard School • Pursuing Master’s from Maryland Institute College of Art • Springboard Danse Montréal Emerging Choreographer 2020 • Orlando Ballet Dance Accelerator • Choreographed on Ballet X, Company | E, Kit Modus, DartDSP, Center for Innovation and the Arts • Danced with The DASH Ensemble.

INSPIRATION
Books, support from family and friends, astronomy, The Lord of the Rings, multigenre playlists, long FaceTime calls, poutine, letter-writing, golden retrievers and corgis.

BIOGRAPHY
Maddie Hanson (she/her) hails from Toronto, Canada. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is currently pursuing a master’s degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has danced with The DASH Ensemble, been a guest artist with SoulEscape, and a faculty member at UNIKIYO Therapy. Maddie has worked with choreographers Jirí Pokörny, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Stefanie Batten Bland and Roy Assaf and has performed dance works by Martha Graham, José Limón, Victor Quijada, and Crystal Pite. Maddie was the recipient of the 2019 Dance Ontario Creative Partnership, 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 has also choreographed on dance companies Ballet X, Company | E, Kit Modus and DartDSP. Her choreographic works have been presented at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Baryshnikov Arts Center and at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. She is excited to begin her first season with GroundWorks DanceTheater.