Wade Madsen

Professor

Modern, Choreography

wmadsen@cornish.edu

Professor Wade Madsen has been teaching in the Seattle area for over 33 years.  He has taught at Cornish College of the Arts for over 26 years and premiered nearly 27 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 30th year at the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop.  Wade has produced and performed 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. Most recently he was honored by Velocity Dance Center for his body of work as a choreographer and teacher. He has received the ‘Outstanding Teacher’ award, from Cornish three times over his life at Cornish.  His work has been produced internationally and 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, Amy O’Neal, Amy Legendre, and Co-Motion Dance. Wade is currently set to tour with Dayna Hanson in her work Gloria’s Cause.