MADALENA JUDAS - BIOGRAPHY

Madalena was born in 2005 in Portugal. Her formal dance education began at the Escola Artística de Dança do Conservatório Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal, where she studied from 2015 to 2023. She then continued her training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm, Sweden, from 2023 to 2024.

Madalena’s talent has been recognized with several accolades at international competitions. In 2023, she won second place at the Prix Du Nord in Gothenburg, Sweden, and third place at Tanzolymp in Berlin, Germany.

In addition to her formal education, Madalena expanded her creative horizons through the Erasmus Exchange Program, studying at the Rotterdam University in the Netherlands. She further enriched her training by participating in various educational programs, workshops, and masterclasses. These included spring intensive courses organized by Lisbon National Conservatory Dance School in 2023, sessions with prima ballerina Iana Salenko the same year, and lessons with Yannick Boquin, a former principal dancer with prominent European ballet companies, in 2024.

In the 2024/2025 season, she became a permanent guest artist of NDM Ballet, and since the 2025/2026 season she has been a member of the corps de ballet with soloist obligation. Her roles have included the Bride in Peer Gynt, choreographed by Jeroen Verbruggen, and the Lux Aeterna duet in Requiem by Lea Bessoudo Greck. Her modern and neoclassical repertoire also includes works by choreographers such as Jiří Kylián (Petite Mort), Justin Peck (Heatscape), and Angelin Preljocaj (the Le Parc duet).