Madison DeShane joined Friendswood Contemporary Ballet as their Artistic Director in 2018.  She is returning to the Houston area after having previously lived and initiating her training in Raleigh, North Carolina at the age of seven. After ten years of classical ballet training, she branched into other genres and choreography as well as working professionally in the field of ballet. Madison has performed in works with Carolina Ballet in North Carolina, Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance in Georgia, and Graceful Expression Classical Ballet Company of Cary.  Performances have included original choreography set by Armando Luna, Marc Wayne, Laura Morton, and Marin Boieru.
Choreographically, Madison‘s work is derived from a Classical Ballet vocabulary with an emphasis on Neo-Classicalism and Contemporary. Madison is a huge asset to our Ballet Company and will be kicking off the next season choreographing two, new, original works.