M o u n t a i n   D a n c e   P r e s e r v a t i o n   P r o j e c t

is a dancer, instructor, choreographer, and performer residing in Burnsville, North Carolina.  Madison is the founder of Appalachian Performing Arts and the Mountain Dance Preservation Project.  She began dance classes at the age of three, and has continued to dance ever since.  At age seven she developed a deep passion for clogging and mountain dance. Over the last two decades, she has been involved at five dance studios and with two clogging teams.  Madison participates in ballet, tap, jazz, musical theatre, modern, and recreational dance, but her love for clogging and mountain dance remain at the center of her passion.  Madison has trained under the instruction of countless dance teachers over the last two decades as a student, and has shared her knowledge and love of dance with countless students over the past decade as an instructor.  Madison has achieved regional and state championship titles as a member of clogging and mountain dance teams, duets, and as a soloist.  Her choreography has placed in regional and state competitions.  
Her love for art and passion for keeping the dying art of traditional mountain dance alive inspired Appalachain Performing Arts and the Mountain Dance Preservation Project.
Madison currently teaches many of the classes on our Appalachian Performing Arts schedule.