Madison Russo

Corps de Ballet

Social Media
Instagram: @madisonruss0

Hometown
West Palm Beach, FL

Training
Ballet East – West Palm Beach, FL
Houston Ballet Academy

PBT
Joined PBT as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2024

Other Professional Companies
Houston Ballet

  • Angular Momentum (Azure Barton)
  • Coppélia (Ben Stevenson)
  • Divergence (Stanton Welch)
  • Giselle (Stanton Welch)
  • Jewels (George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust)
  • La Sylphide (Filippo Taglioni)
  • The Letter V (Mark Morris)
  • The Lightning Round (Dwight Rhoden)
  • Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (John Neumeier)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Ben Stevenson)
  • Stars and Stripes (George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust)
  • Swan Lake (Stanton Welch)
  • Sylvia (Stanton Welch)
  • Symphony in C (George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust)
  • Under the Folding Sky (Justin Peck)

  • ADC/IBC: Fernando Bujones Award 2014
  • Gold Medal Junior Women’s Contemporary 2014
  • Silver Medal Junior Women’s Classical 2014
  • Gold Medal Senior Women’s Classical 2015
  • Indianapolis International Ballet Competition: Finalist, Contemporary Prize 2015

  • Choreographed The Many (Houston Ballet Academy, 2016)
  • Participated in Temps Lié International Ballet Festival Gala, Astana Kazakhstan (2018)
  • Choreographed Chrysalis (Houston Ballet for their Elle Emerge Gala, 2018)
  • Choreographed Impetus (Houston Ballet II, 2021)
  • Choreographed Spina (Houston Ballet II, 2023)
  • Toured with Houston Ballet to Minneapolis, MN, Tokyo, Japan and Dubai, U.A.E

Q&A

What has your favorite role been?
Willis in Giselle. There was something so powerful and fulfilling about being alongside such a strong, unified group of women all working towards one goal…dancing a man to death.

What’s your proudest moment?
Honestly, the life that I’m living now with dancing professionally, earning my bachelor’s degree in marketing, running an Etsy business, and choreographing at professional ballet schools all at the same time.

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not dancing?
Baking all sorts of over-the-top treats

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