Madeleine Rhode

 Madeleine Rhode was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI and  started her ballet training at the age of five with the Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy, under Rolando Yanes.  She continued her training at summer intensives on scholarship at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. Rhode has taught at various ballet school’s throughout her professional ballet career. From 2018-19, while in her hometown she taught at the Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy while dancing with the Milwaukee Ballet Company.  There, she taught ballet technique classes to young students and occasionally taught the advanced ballet classes and rehearsals. Rhode is a professional ballet dancer for Ballet Quad Cities and has taught ballet technique, pointe, repertoire, and Pilates to developing students at BQCSD. She will be teaching classical ballet repertoire for the 25/26 ballet school year: passing on knowledge from her own teachers and mentors to the students.