Madeline is an experienced Professional Dance Educator, having taught across both professional and pre-professional settings in Europe in Australia since 2021. She holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Teaching and Learning) from Deakin University and in 2025 was the Training Associate (Maternity Cover) for Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Education Program (PPY). She is dedicated to supporting and investing in the next generation of dancers and her practice embodies curiosity, collaboration, and a commitment to process-driven play.
Certified in Countertechnique® since 2021, Madeline teaches this particular kind of contemporary technique regularly, sharing her passion for embodied awareness and artistic growth. It is a tool that assisted her throughout her own performance career.
Countertechnique®
Countertechnique provides tools for body and mind to deal with the demanding dance practice of the 21st century. It is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action.
Countertechnique was developed by Dutch choreographer, dancer and teacher, Anouk van Dijk throughout her twenty-five year career. Over the last eighteen years, the knowledge and experience she gained – in constant dialogue with her dancers – was gradually transformed into a detailed theoretical system and a teaching method, which now together form the Countertechnique system.
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