bio

Madeline Williams is a dance choreographer, teacher, and performer holding a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Business with a minor in Dance Pedagogy from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She enjoys choreographing for competitive dance students and professional companies in the Midwest. Additionally, Madeline works as an Arts Administrator for Detroit Dance City Festival, Currents Dance Theatre, and Movement Reservoir Dance Company. Williams is a former Company Member of Matthew Farmer and Jasmine Mejia’s H2 Dance Company, Apprentice with Kendra Defazio’s Currents Dance Theatre, and Company Member of Nicole Flinn-Culver’s StrikeTime Dance Theatre. In these companies, Williams performed both live and on film and was a featured speaker in a children’s television episode. She has also attended intensives including Joffrey’s Winter SPECTRUM Intensive in 2022, Water Street Dance Festival in 2023, and Eisenhower Dance Detroit Winter Intensive in 2024. Williams has had the pleasure of working with and performing works by Sharon Wong, Heather Cornell, Matthew Farmer, Steven Iannacone, Jasmine Mejia, and William Crowley.

Williams gained invaluable teaching experience at Lake Michigan Dance Academy in Allendale, Michigan and Turning Pointe School of Dance in Holland, Michigan and is passionate about dance education. Additionally, she has developed a curriculum on Improvisational Dance which she utilizes often in her teaching.

At Hope, Madeline's choreography was selected by Dance Department faculty to represent the college at ACDA’s East-Central Conference Formal Adjudication Concert, Detroit Dance City Festival’s College Showcase, and at the Centre de Danse du Marais in Paris, France. She is excited for the future of her choreography and hopes to create works that are both visually stunning and thought-provoking. Madeline is thankful for the support of her family and friends in helping her reach her goals and hopes to honor them through her artistic ventures.

For Madeline’s Resumés, CV, dance reel, and more, visit Performance.