Wade has been teaching  in the Seattle area since 1977  He has toured nationally with the Bill Evans Dance Company ,Tandy Beal & Company (touring and company Member with Dayna Hanson Group He has performed with,  Peggy Piacheza, Amy O’Neal and Amii Legendre dance groups Wade has been producing work with his own company, ’Wade Madsen & Dancers’ along with various tours nationally and internationally. Madsen teaches Privately in the Gyrotonic method, Yoga, strength  and contemporary technique at Exit space. He was a professor of dance for over 37 years at Cornish College of the Arts .

Chris was born in the small town of St. Johns, Arizona but grew up in South Phoenix. Chris began their academic journey with the University of Arizona, taking time off periodically to work with professional dance companies. Chris started their professional career with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago as a second company member. Chris continued their career with David Taylor Dance Theatre, Scorpius Dance Theatre, and Center Dance Ensemble, guesting periodically with Queen City Ballet and Legacy Dance Theater. Chris also enjoyed dancing on pointe with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performing as Doris Vidanya around the world, including Japan, Israel, France, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Finland, Spain, and Italy. Moving to Seattle in 2011, Chris completed their undergraduate degree with Cornish College of the Arts, while also performing with Seattle Dance Project and Men In Dance. While at Cornish, Chris’ goals shifted from professional work to teaching dance in higher education, which led Chris to receive their Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington.

Multi-hyphenate art maker Keyes Wiley (they/them) is a designer of dance, theater, music, lights and sound. Their vast movement vocabulary continues to grow from break dancing to musical theater and now more burlesque! Wiley has been an arts educator in Seattle since 2009 teaching at Rainier Dance Center as the director of hip hop/street styles dance, choreographing with Seattle Children’s Theatre and teaching at their alma mater Cornish College of the Arts. You can catch them in action as dj dark_wiley monthly at TUSH & Peekaboo both at the Clock-Out Lounge.

Keyes has performed, collaborated or created work with Keith Hennessey, Kitten N Lou, Dani Tirrell, On the Boards, the CD Forum, Velocity Dance Center, Gibney Dance (NYC), Cal State San Luis Obispo & many others.

This class will begin with slow movements that warm the body up and strengthen basic core values in the body and move to more complex combinations and patterns. Basic dance vocabulary and exercises will be used throughout the class along with some improvisation culminating in some phrase work and set choreography for the intermediate dancer.

This class is geared towards students who have a knowledge of ballet vocabulary and positions, as well as students desiring a healthy approach to ballet technique. Classes are taught with an emphasis on anatomical alignment, accumulative learning, musicality, and the movements are broken down for clarity of the positions to progress with confidence.

Hip-hop refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. Styles include breaking, house, popping, and more. In class, dancers will address movement qualities, dynamics, timing and personal style. Classes generally start with a warm-up and learned “groove” progressions, then work on a combination which chains movement in a longer sequence. Hip-hop/ Street Styles can range from smaller isolated movements to large full bodied expressions and possibly a “freestyle” (improvisational) component. At the of the day the goal is to have fun!