Melissa Padham-Maass

Artistic Director, Owner – Ballet, Contemporary, Choreography & Improvisation

Melissa Padham-Maass began her dance training at The Dancer’s Studio in Warwick, NY, under the direction of Lucinda Henry. She holds a BFA with honors from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College (SUNY), an MSc in Dance Science from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, and an MFA in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Since 2005, Melissa has performed professionally in New York City and across the country with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre and, since 2006, with Darrah Carr Dance.

As the Artistic Director of both the Warwick Dance Collective and the Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, Melissa has played a key role in shaping the region’s dance community. She has also co-directed The Fuller Moon Arts Festival, The Warwick Summer Arts Festival, Eros Movement Company, and the Identically Different Dance Festival.