Madelyne Spang
Madelyne Spang (born on September 5, 1997) is a young dancer from Pennsylvania. Madelyne's dance training began at the age of two at Borelli's Dance Gallery in Pennsylvania, alongside her older sister Michelle. However, her dance training gradually came to a halt as she hit her preteen years. When Madelyne was just eleven years old, she says she almost quit dance. A year later, the Spang sisters discovered Studio 19 Dance Complex, which Madelyne says felt more serious and competitive. She enjoyed the atmosphere immensely, leading to the sisters deciding to transfer. Now she trains and competes with Mather Dance Company in California, just as Michelle did in her last year of dance.
Dances
Solos
Casper - unknown genre - 2005
- 10th overall competitive 8 & under solo - Starpower Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Music Box - unknown genre - 2009
- 1st overall competitive 9-11 solo - Starpower Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
On the Range - 2010
Hanging By a Thread - 2011
- 11th overall teen solo - StarQuest Dance Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Crazy Life - unknown genre - 2011
- 3rd overall teen solo - StarQuest Dance Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 10th overall teen solo - StarQuest Dance Competition Nationals in Virginia Beach, Virginia
The Way You Make Me Feel - jazz - 2012
- 2nd overall teen solo - NUVO Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2013
Control - jazz
- 1st overall teen solo - Starbound Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1st overall power 15-19 solo - Starpower Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Explosions - unknown genre
- did not place teen solo - NUVO Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- teen performance showcase outstanding entertainment - ASH in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
It's a Mad Mad World - unknown genre
- 5th overall elite 15-19 solo - KAR Nationals in Toledo, Ohio
- 7th overall teen solo - Starbound Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Play... Play with My Friends - unknown genre
- performance showcase outstanding entertainment - ASH in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Next to You - contemporary - choreographed by Talia Favia
- 1st overall senior solo - Radix Dance Convention in Anaheim, California
- 5th overall senior american league solo - Hall of Fame Dance Challenge in Ontario, California
Death Right - unknown genre
- ? overall senior solo - Radix Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Go - unknown genre
- 1st overall senior competitive solo - MOVE Dance Competition in Palm Springs, California
Duets
Tappin' 2 the Beat - tap (with Taylor Pecarchik) - 2009
- 5th overall competitive 9-11 duet/trio - Starpower Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Good Versus Evil - acrobatic (with Emily Marino) - 2010
- 2nd overall junior duet/trio - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
Trios
Instead - contemporary (with Scott Alexander and Riley Kurilko)
- 1st overall senior competitive duet/trio - MOVE Dance Competition in Palm Springs, California
Groups
Beethoven - acrobatic (with Alaina Johnston, Sarah Johnston, Michelle Spang, Kendall Vertes, and others) - 2010
- 1st overall junior large group - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
Evil Spirits - acrobatic (with Alaina Johnston, Sarah Johnston, Ryleigh Vertes, and others) - 2010
- 1st overall junior small group - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
Hope for Haiti - lyrical (with Sarah Johnston, Ryleigh Vertes, and others) - 2010
- 5th overall junior small group - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
How Do I Look? - jazz (with Alaina Johnston, Sarah Johnston, Michelle Spang, Kendall Vertes, Ryleigh Vertes, and others) - 2010
- 5th overall junior large group - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
Little Bird - jazz (with Sarah Johnston, Michelle Spang, Ryleigh Vertes, and others) - 2010
- 1st overall teen small group - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
Live and Let Die - acrobatic (with Sarah Johnston, Michelle Spang, Ryleigh Vertes, and others) - 2010
- 1st overall teen large group - Showbiz Talent Competition in Columbus, Ohio
Dance Titles
- Regional Teen Miss Dance KAR 2010
- Regional Teen Miss Dance KAR 2011
- Regional WCDE Elite Teen Dancer 2012
- Regional Teen Miss Dance KAR 2014
- National Teen Miss Dance America KAR 2014
- Regional WCDE Elite Senior Dancer 2015
- Regional Radix Senior Female Core Performer 2016
- Regional WCDE Elite Senior Dancer 2016
Trivia
- Madelyne's favorite styles of dance are jazz and hip hop because she loves how happy, fun, and upbeat they are.
- The inspiration behind Madelyne's solo "Control" was her jazz solo from two years prior, which was almost undefeated. She says "Control" was designed to help her grow as a dancer and to top her old solo.
- One of Madelyne's biggest challenges as a dancer is pushing through her lack of flexibility in her hips.
- Madelyne started cyber-schooling to better manage her time spent between school and dance.
