Canadian dance artist Maddie Hanson is a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York City, accepted at the age of 16. She has performed repertory by Martha Graham, José Limón, Mark Morris, Crystal Pite, Jiri Pokorny, and RUBBERBANDance Group, and is currently a company dancer with Wyckoff Collective and the DASH Ensemble, and an instructor for UNIKIYO.

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 for MOVE(NYC)’s 2019 Young Professionals program, Joffrey Ballet School’s 2019-2020 Emerging Choreographer Series, and is a recipient of the 2019 Dance Ontario Creative Partnership. In 2020, 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. In 2021, she has created a short film for BalletX’s 15th Anniversary Season, taught with SoulEscape, and has worked on commissions with DART DSP (Berlin), Kit Modus, and Company | E. Maddie is represented by bloc NYC.