At A Glance
Emerging Choreographic Voice – Juilliard & CalArts Trained
NYCDA’s Destiny Rising – Choreographer (The Joyce Theater)
Children of Eden – Associate Choreographer (Lincoln Center)
Fordham Alvin Ailey Commission – Choreographer (Alvin Ailey Theater)
Palm Desert Choreography Festival – Choreographer (McCallum Theater)
Darker Than This – Choreographer (Film)
Full Bio
Madison Hicks is a Juilliard-trained dancer and CalArts MFA graduate in Choreography. She is the Director and Founder of The Moving Forward Collective and a 2025 Artist in Residence at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Her work has been commissioned by Harvard, Fordham Ailey BFA, University of Texas, Wayne State University, Vitacca Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Avant Chamber Ballet, and more. She has held residencies with Jacob’s Pillow, DanceLabNY, Orsolina28, and the Dance Gallery Festival.
Recent credits include Associate Choreographer for Children of Eden at Lincoln Center alongside Tony Yazbeck and Chip Abbott, choreography for The Elixir of Love at Curtis Institute of Music, and collaborations with Andy Blankenbuehler (Never Alone) and Andrew Winghart. A former company member with LA Dance Project, she has appeared in national commercials (Noosa, Lexus) and choreographed music videos for Eleanor Kingston and Handsome Ghost. Madison has been recognized as a YoungArts winner, YAGP Choreography Award recipient, and Gene Kelly Legacy Scholarship honoree.
As an educator, she was the first contemporary teacher at the School of American Ballet, building their curriculum, and currently teaches at Steps on Broadway and on 24Seven Dance Convention’s faculty.
