Meet Madison | Youth Dancer of the Year | 2020
Meet Hadley
Youth Dancer of the Year
Dancers of RVA
Hi everyone! I'm Madison Marshall and I am so excited and honored to have been chosen as one of the Youth Dancer of the Year Nominees. It is so amazing to be part of this awards program with such a talented group of dancers. As this year has seen so many challenges, changes, shutdowns and us having to change the way we learn to dance, I am so thankful to be able to continue to dance. I currently train in jazz, jazz funk, contemporary, ballet, pointe, acro, tap, hip hop and ballroom dance.
I have been dancing since I was 3 years old and joined the competitive team at Encore Studio when I was 7 years old. I love to dance and have traveled the country learning to dance and assisting different choreographers while on tour with Artists Simply Human, Revel Dance Convention and Wild Dance Intensive. This year I will continue performing with my competitive group, the Encore Collaborative, and traveling around the country assisting for Revel Dance Convention, Transcend Tour and Titans of Dance. Since COVID has presented so many challenges this year, I have managed to maintain and expand my training in dance by using online training with instructors. This year I have taken up ballroom with Lacey Schwimmer, worked on my technique and ballet online with Natalia Alanso and in person with Angelica Burgos, have trained with Guy Grove and Dana Alexa for hip hop and jazz funk skills and started training with the The Crew Dancers too, headed by Mollee Gray and Jeka Jane.
In this past year, I competed in my first ballet competition at Youth American Grand Prix in New York and placed in the Junior Top 12 for Contemporary Dance with my solo choreographed by Dusty Button. I was awarded an offer to attend the Point Park University Summer Intensive in 2021 when I attended the virtual Universal Ballet Competition. I was nominated as one of the Monsters of Dance Kids Cast Nominees and awarded a scholarship to attend a regional event. I was also awarded a $750 scholarship to attend the AMDA Summer Conservatory in 2020/2021. This summer, I attended Revel Dance Convention Nationals and won the 1st place for the Teen Division Solos with my contemporary solo, choreographed by my dance teacher/competitive team director, Angelina Gallo, and I won 1st runner up with my solo at Artists Simply Human Virtual Nationals with my jazz solo choreographed by my dance teacher, Cheryl Brower. In addition, I was awarded with the aforementioned assistantships for the 3 different dance conventions/competitions and was awarded tour scholarships for the 2020/2021 season with Velocity Dance Tour and Radix Dance. I was recently re-signed by Clear Talent Group out of Los Angeles for another year of representation and I am so excited to continue on my dance journey.
We are so excited to introduce our featured dancers for the upcoming 2nd annual RVA Dance Awards. The 2020 RVA Dance Awards is a live show that celebrates creativity, leadership and innovation by recognizing excellence within our Central Virginia dance community. This event will be held December 2nd virtually.