Wade Madsen

Professor

Modern, Choreography

dwmadsen@cornish.edu

Professor Wade Madsen has been teaching in the Seattle area for over 31 years.  He has taught at Cornish College of the Arts for over 24 years and premiered nearly 25 dances for Cornish Dance Theater. Wade currently teaches community classes at Velocity Dance Center. He finds new growth and stamina as a teacher with various workshops and performances throughout the country.  This summer, Wade will be teaching for the 28th year at the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop.  Wade has been producing and performing his own work with his company Wade Madsen and Dancers in Seattle since 1977.  A former member of the Bill Evans Dance Company and Tandy Beal & Company, Wade has received choreographic grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington State, King County, Seattle Arts Commission, Artist’s Trust, and Allied Arts.  His work has been produced in Seattle by the Allegro! Dance Festival, Seattle Dance Project, On the Boards, Bumbershoot, Rockhopper Dance, d-9 dance collective, Spectrum, Seattle Opera, and ACT Theater. He has also performed with various dance groups in Seattle, including Spectrum Dance Theater, DanceWorks Northwest, Dayna Hanson, Amy O’Neal, Amy Legendre, and Co-Motion Dance.