Sabrina Madison-Cannon

Sabrina Madison-Cannon serves as the Phyllis and Andrew Berwick Dean and Professor of Dance in the School of Music and Dance at the University of Oregon. Madison-Cannon received her professional training as a scholarship student at the National Academy of Arts and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. A soloist with the Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco), Madison-Cannon worked with renowned choreographers, including Talley Beatty, Milton Meyers, and Elisa Monte. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in dance from the University of Iowa. Her teaching experience includes faculty positions at University of Missouri-Kansas City, Southern Methodist University, and the University of North Texas – and is the University of Georgia’s first “Willson Center for the Arts – Franklin College Visiting Scholar” in the departments of Dance and African American Studies.

Madison-Cannon was invited to present her research from the Library of Congress’ Lester Horton Collection in a paper titled, “Lester Horton and his Continued Influence on the African American Dance Ethos” for the Society of Dance History Scholars conference in Durham, North Carolina. Her choreography, which is grounded in personal narrative and the lived body, has been presented nationally and internationally including Bejing, Tianjin, Barcelona, Madrid, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York. Madison-Cannon is a graduate of the 2013 HERS Denver Institute, a leadership program for women in higher education and currently serves as a member of the International Council for Fine Arts Deans board of directors.