Madelyn LaLonde
Madelyn LaLonde is a native Houstonian who attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), an experience that inspired her to pursue further training at the State University of New York at Purchase College. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Conservatory of Dance, complemented by a minor in Arts Management. During her time at SUNY Purchase, Madelyn performed works by renowned choreographers such as Merce Cunningham, Dylan Crossman, Norbert De La Cruz III, Brian Enos, Taryn Kaschock Russell, and Tiffany Rea-Fisher.
Upon graduating, Madelyn joined Elisa Monte Dance under the artistic direction of Tiffany Rea-Fisher, starting as an Apprentice before being promoted to Company Dancer. She then became a founding Company Member of EMERGE125 in 2021 and is currently in her seventh season with the company.
Throughout her tenure with EMERGE125, Madelyn has had the honor of performing at notable venues including NYC’s Fashion Week for designer Paola Hernandez, The Amph at Little Island for National Dance Day, Bryant Park Picnic Performances alongside the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and National Sawdust in immersive audio-visual dance performances. Most recently she has performed at Hudson Valley Dance Festival and performed Rea-Fisher’s adaptation of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore” alongside the New York Choral Society and Experimental Orchestra. She has also participated in site-specific work at John Brown Farm in Lake Placid, the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, and has appeared in film projects such as Rights of Renaissance (2021) and Geography of Grace (2023).
Madelyn's choreographic work debuted in 2021 with the Lake Placid Center for the Arts' Nutcracker in a Nutshell, and her choreography was featured again in the 2022 full-length version of The Nutcracker Ballet. Additional career highlights include her role as an ensemble dancer for the Classical Theater of Harlem's summer productions of The Bacchae and Twelfth Night, and a revival of Twelfth Night at the NYU Skirball Center in February 2023. Madelyn also worked as Rea-Fisher’s Associate Choreographer for The Public Theater's Musical Adaptation of The Tempest as part of the organization's Public Works program at the Delacorte Theater. She assisted Tiffany with setting movement on a cast of 85 people while collaborating with Obie Award-winning Director of Public Works Laurie Woolery.
As a dance educator, Madelyn is a Teaching Artist with EMERGE125’s educational outreach partners such as the Stars of Tomorrow Project, Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts, and the Trinity School. She has also taught in Upstate New York at Newcomb Central School, E125’s annual Emerging Artist Summer Series, and was on faculty at the Lake Placid School of Dance from 2018 to 2023.
Madelyn is excited to continue sharing her passion for dance to nationwide audiences through another season with EMERGE125!