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Gayle Madeira began her performing career
with the Loudoun Ballet Company in Virginia at the age of five. She
was graduated from
the dance conservatory at the State University
of New York, College at
Purchase with a B.F.A. (cum laude) in performance and
choreography. While at Purchase, she worked with members from
various companies including Paul Taylor, José Limón, David Parsons,
Neil Greenberg and Kevin Wynn and received a faculty award upon
graduating.
In her professional career, she
has performed with many companies including: Gleich Contemporary
Ballet, Merce Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group, David Gordon’s
Pick-Up Dance Company, Antonio Ramos, Thingsezisee’m Dance Theater, Shapiro &
Smith, DanceCompass, Phffft Dance Theater, D.D. Dorvillier and
Matthew Nash Ballet, among others. She has also performed the
can-can with choreography by Denise Dalfo-Zay on Bastille Day at
Restaurant Florent in New York City since 1993 and a variety of
other burlesque dances in the same venue, some of which were her own
choreography. In July 2008, Gayle won the U.S. Argentine Tango Championship
with partner
Lexa Roséan. She has also had the great pleasure to perform
Argentine Tango with Carlos Vera, Monica Paz, Anton Gazenbeek, Sid
Grant and Walter Zylinski.
She has performed at various milonga venues in New York City
including Lafayette Grill, La Belle Epoque, Armenonville, Stepping
Out and Studio 101.
Her choreography has been produced
in numerous venues including: Dunois Theater (Paris, France), Spoleto
Festival USA, Here Theater, Joyce SoHo, Ohio Theater, PACE
University and SUNY Purchase. Recently she has been working with well-known theater director Sam
Helfrich on a variety of projects including "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"
(Opera Boston), "The Transparency of Val"
(New York City), "In a Pig’s Valise" (Bard College), and "Mirandolina"
(Manhattan School of Music).
Primary studies: Janet Panetta (ballet), Willie Bermann
(ballet), Richmond Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts (ballet
and modern), Merce Cunningham studio (modern), David Grenke
(modern), Cyrus
Khambatta/Wendell Beavers (improvisation/body mind centering),
Nicolas Rodriguez (salsa).
In Argentine tango, she began her studies
with Jeni Breen at Sandra Cameron Dance Center and continued with many wonderful teachers including
Lexa Roséan, Silvina Valz,
Alejandra Zavala, Alicia Cruzado
and Tioma Maloratsky.
Teaching experience: Merce Cunningham Studio in New York City, professional
ballet in New York City and Virginia, modern technique at the
following institutions: Bard College, American Dance Festival (Seoul, Korea and Durham, North Carolina), Duke University, Dunois
Theater (Paris, France), University of Massachusetts,
Baltimore School for the Arts, Lyceum Summer Program for
the Arts (Virginia). Gayle has also taught various dance workshops
in Washington DC, Pennsylvania and New York City and body language and improvisation nationally and
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