Madelyn Sher is a multidisciplinary performing artist, choreographer, and educator from New York City. Her take on contemporary dance is influenced by her eclectic background of formal training including butoh, theater, mime, Latin dance, house, ballet, and contact improvisation. She is a graduate of CUNY Lehman/Macaulay Honors College, where she studied dance, philosophy, and French. As a dancer, Maddy has worked with artists and companies including Duane Lee Holland, Olive Prince, Bebe Miller, Angie Hauser, Gabrielle Revlock, Alexander Davis, Vangeline Theater, REDi Dance Company, Evan Ray Suzuki, and others. As an actor, she was a recurring guest star on ABC’s The Baker and the Beauty. Maddy’s current research interests lie in the rhythms of growth and decay, and the bond between language, imagination, and movement. Currently, she dances for Chloe London and is choreographing a new work on students at CUNY Lehman College. MFA Choreography and Performance, Smith College.