Madalyn Sawa

Madalyn Sawa (she/her) is a dance artist from Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada. She began her formal training at Pulse Dance Centre through their company program where she cultivated versatility in exploring a variety of performance languages including musical theatre and commercial dance. She continued her development in 2021 with Modus Operandi’s LINK program, further honing her technical and artistic foundation.

Madalyn went on to complete the Arts Umbrella Pre-Grad and VCC Dance Diploma Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. During her time at Arts Umbrella, she performed works by internationally acclaimed choreographers including Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Sharon Eyal, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Felix Landerer, Astrid Boons, and Cyril Baldy. In addition to, she performed Bolero X by Shahar Binyamini as a guest Artist with Ballet BC and toured with the company performing Frontier by Crystal Pite.

She has further expanded her artistic practice through summer intensives with the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), Ballet BC, The Juilliard School, and Henny Jurriëns Studio, where she studied repertoire by Ohad Naharin, Damien Jalet, Out Innerspace, Johan Inger, and Medhi Walerski.

Madalyn is currently with the AUtour Dance Company, where she has performed internationally at the Nederlandse Dansdagen Festival in Maastricht. She continues to explore and deepen her artistic voice and is excited for what is to come.