MADDI RAJCHYBA 

SASKATOON

IMPROV, CONTEMPORARY & MODERN

 

 A.R.A.D., B.F.A w. Hon.

Department of Dance, Adelphi University

 

Madison has over 20 years of dance training and over six years experience in various Pilates methods. She grew up participating in dance competitions in Saskatchewan and Alberta while studying CDTA jazz and tap, as well as receiving a grade of Distinction in her RAD Advanced 2. Her dance pursuits paid off when she was offered a full tuition talent scholarship to Adelphi University's Dance Program run by Frank Augustyn in New York. While there, she studied ballet, Classical Pilates and various modern dance techniques including Graham, Taylor, Mueller, etc. She is one of the few Adelphi dancers who have been in all eight possible performances throughout her degree. Within those four years, she also had the opportunity to perform at the Joyce Theatre in New York City, not once, but twice.

 

Alongside her dance schedule, she partook and excelled in science-based classes to aid in her pursuit of medical school. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance and received the prestigious, outstanding dancer award, the Ruth St. Denis Award. In summer 2017, alongside the medical school application processes, she has found the time to complete her teacher Pilates Mat Certification in Edmonton under her first Pilates mentor, Steven Bryson. Currently, she is still teaching pilates and dance, as well as pursuing a medical degree at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Class of 2022.

 

 What you can expect from her class is an educational and eye-opening movement experience. Her classes always start with breathing and internalizing one's focus. From there, she teaches how to access intrinsic core stabilizers via one's breath to achieve optimal alignment and muscle balances. Since there are many ways of learning, she teaches with her voice for the listeners, demonstrations for the visuals, and tactically teaches for the kinesthetics. Questions and dialog in regard to what individuals are feeling during the movements is endorsed to encourage a learning environment for all!