Madeline Jazz Harvey is a dance educator, choreographer, and performer specializing in classical and contemporary ballet. She began her performance career at age fourteen as an apprentice with Charlotte Ballet, under the direction of Patricia McBride and Jean Pierre Bonnefoux. She attended summer intensive programs on full scholarship at Chautauqua Institution, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and The Juilliard School.

In 2010, Madeline joined Carolina Ballet Theatre (now Ballet Greenville) where she served as a principal dancer, resident choreographer, and outreach coordinator for five full-time seasons. She also performed as a guest artist with companies including Repertory Dance Theatre, American Repertory Ballet, Olney Ballet Theatre, and Colton Ballet Company of Augusta. Madeline performed with Judy Bejarano’s IMPACT Dance Company from 2018-2025.

Madeline became an Assistant Professor of Dance at Colorado State University in 2017. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022 and to Associate Director in 2026. In 2024, she was honored as a College of Arts + Architecture Distinguished Alumni by University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Recent projects examine the artistry of parenting through dance. Her dance film, Embodiment, has been featured in several international film festivals. She is the Principal Investigator for an ongoing research study, Movement Through Parenthood, examining the efficacy of an original EA-based dance intervention for improving emotional availability and wellbeing from pregnancy through postpartum. This project was awarded an Engaged Scholarship Research/Creative Activities Grant from the Engagement Scholarship Consortium in 2022.

Matthew Harvey is a dance teacher, choreographer, and performer from Allentown, PA. He received his early dance training at Repertory Dance Theatre, under the direction of Jennifer Haltzman Tracy and Trinette Singleton. After attending summer dance intensives at Joffrey Ballet School and Chautauqua Institute, Matthew began his professional performance career as a trainee with Charlotte Ballet. In 2007, he joined Hernan Justo’s Ballet Greenville (formerly Carolina Ballet Theatre) as a principal dancer and choreographer. He has performed as a guest artist with companies, schools, and universities across the north and southeast regions of the United States, and in various cities in Uruguay.  

In 2017, Matthew became an instructor of dance at Colorado State University teaching ballet, jazz, and modern techniques. In addition to movement classes, Matthew has been a primary instructor for Understanding Dance, the CSU Dance Program’sLiberal Arts lecture course serving non-majors. 

Matthew has been choreographing works since 2006, blending elements of concert and social dance forms to create dynamic music visualizations. Matthew’s choreography employs a minimalist approach to storytelling accompanied by music from artists such as Gorillaz, Queens of the Stone Age, Victor Wooten, Zoe Keating, and Frédéric Chopin. His works have been performed by conservatory studios, Universities, professional companies, and Youth America Grand Prix competitors.