FACULTY
Catie Leasca, Founder
Catie Leasca is a dance artist currently based in Brooklyn, NY. With roots in Massachusetts, she has traveled and danced abroad in Israel, France, Belgium, and Germany. Catie has worked professionally with Netta Yerushalmy, Helen Simoneau Danse, Jessie Young, Ambika Raina, Janessa Clark, and MG+Artists. Catie has been awarded choreographic residencies at Gibney Dance, New Dance Alliance, Chez Bushwick and was a Space Grant Recipient, as well as an Upstart artist at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. She has shown her work at Movement Research through Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, WIP IV at STUDIO4, CreateART/Dance in Bushwick, among others.
Catie has performed at theaters such as Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv, The Joyce Theater and NYU SKIRBALL in NYC, The Montalban in Los Angeles and has participated as a dancer in residencies at The Yard, MANCC (Florida State University), LMCC (Governor's Island and Maiden Lane), New York City Center, NYU Center for Ballet, and Gallim Dance. She has been commissioned by the Joffrey Ballet School and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Catie will begin her fourth year on Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College this Fall and has previously assisted and co-taught with Netta Yerushalmy at Princeton University, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of the Arts. She teaches a weekly class at Peridance in NYC. Catie graduated with her B.F.A. in Dance from The University of the Arts.
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Meet Maddy
Madeline Wright is a professional dance artist based in New York City, originally from Toronto, Canada. She is a graduate of Point Park University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. Madeline began her professional career under the direction of Tony Award–winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh and has since cultivated a significant presence within the New York dance community.
Most recently, Madeline was a member of the originating cast of Life & Trust, an immersive off-Broadway theatre production co-choreographed by The Kuperman Brothers. Her broader performance career includes engagements with a range of esteemed choreographers and companies, including Akira Uchida, Dolly Sfeir, Jenn Freeman, Chelsea Thedinga, and NVA&Guests. In addition to her performance work, she has produced original choreographic works for both stage and film. Notably, she co-created Full Stop. Start Again., a work developed in collaboration with Akira Uchida and Josh Strmic. Some of Madeline's commercial credits include assisting in choreography and movement direction for brand campaigns with clients such as Neiman Marcus and Holt Renfrew.
Beyond her contributions as a performer and creator, Madeline is a committed and passionate educator, teaching across the United States and Canada at respected institutions for youth and pre-professional dancers. Her choreographic voice is an accumulation of the knowledge and experience gained through process-driven work with a diverse range of artists. Deeply influenced by jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, acting, and improvisation, her work reflects a multifaceted and evolving artistic identity.
