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Maddie Hopfield (b. 1995 Culver City, CA) is a queer, hapa, New York City-based dancer, performer, choreographer, writer, and taiko drummer. Her movement practice and history include shotokan karate, postmodern dance, contact improvisation, house, and waacking. She has shown work at Kestrels, LifeWorld, the MAAS building, Urban Movement Arts, The Art Room Studio, Vox Populi, The Window Room, and Baby's All Right, where she choreographed movement for musician May Rio's album release party. She has collaborated with Kayla Bobalek and Julia Bryck, and currently makes work with Marin Day under the name PEPTALK.
She has performed in the works of Barnett Cohen, Amelia Heintzelman, Paris Cullen & Sarah Zucchero, Lindsey Jennings, Maya Lee-Parritz, Amalia Colón-Nava, Leah Stein Dance Company, Philly Kerplop (Vince Johnson), Jillian Jeatton, Amalia Raye Wiatr Lewis, Lily Kind, Chelsea Murphy Lillian Ransijn, and Concept Kinetics ("Cricket" / James Colter). She currently performs taiko with Casual Fifth (Philadelphia) and Taikoza (NYC), and dances with Christina Reaves’ company, The Creature (NYC). She graduated from Bard College in 2017 with a BA in Dance and Written Arts.