Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Marge Maddux - Season 16, Episode 174

Marge Maddux was born on December 28, 1944 in Cincinnati, Ohio.She graduated from Oak Hills High School in 1962 following a successfulstint as a baton twirler and majorette.She graduated from Denison University in Granville Ohio in 1966 with aBachelor of Arts degree.She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1968 with a Master ofArts degree, following her studies under Bessie Schoenberg.She taught dance at Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota from1969 until 1972.Marge was a founding member of The Ethnic Dance Theatre in 1974,and remained with the company for 30 years as a performer, while alsoassisting in the production of performances and in running companyrehearsals.In 1972 she opened The Yarnery, a retail yarn store in St. Paul sellingsupplies for knitting and weaving.In 1973 Nadine Jette Sween hired Marge to teach folk dance at the Universityof Minnesota.Marge was the director of the dance program from 1998 until 2004She taught her last class in the Fall of 2007, before retiring as anassociate professor.Marge worked with architect Joan Soranno on the design andconstruction of a new building to house the dance program. TheBarbara Barker Center For Dance opened in 1999.She worked to have the dance program receive its initial accreditationwith the National Association of Schools of Dance in 1991.After retiring Marge moved to Ashland, Oregon with her family.