Madison Young
Born in Utah, USA, Madison Youung began her training at the Ballet West Academy before continuing her education at the Houston Ballet Academy. In 2016, at the age of 17, she gained international attention at the Prix de Lausanne, where she earned the prestigious Beau Rivage Palace Second Place Award. This achievement marked the beginning of her professional career. Following, she joined the Company of Houston Ballet for the 2016/17 season as a member of the corps de ballet. In 2017, she moved to the Vienna State Ballet under the direction of Manuel Legris, where she was promoted to demi-soloist only after a year and to soloist in 2019.
In 2020, she joined the Bavarian State Ballet as a soloist under the direction of Igor Zelensky. Shortly after joining, at the age of 23, she was promoted to Principal Dancer in December 2021.
Madison Young returned to the Vienna State Ballet as a Principal Dancer for the 2025/26 season under the direction of Alessandra Ferri.
Her extensive repertoire includes the leading roles of the classical ballets such as Tatiana and Olga in John Cranko’s Onegin, Juliet in Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Odette/Odile in Ray Barra’s Swan Lake, Giselle and Myrtha in Barra’s Giselle, Kitri in Barra’s Don Quixote, Nikiya in Patrice Bart’s La Bayadère and the title role in Pierre Lacotte’s La Sylphide.
She has also danced many of George Balanchine’s works, such as the principal roles in Jewels, Allegro Brillante, and demi-soloist roles in Theme and Variations and Valse Fantaisie, and in ballets by Rudolf Nurejew and Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Furthermore, she has excelled in contemporary classical roles such as Tatiana in John Neumeier’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Diana in Manuel Legris’ Sylvia and the title roles in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland.
Madison Young has also performed modern works such as the principal roles in Angelin Preljocaj’s Le Parc, William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, Nacho Duato’s White Darkness and Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps as well as parts in works bei Alexei Ratmansky, Jiří Kylián, Edward Clug, Paul Lightfoot & Sol León and Sir Wayne McGregor.
Performances with Madison Young
Visionary Dances
Cast on Tuesday 14. April 2026
Abo 2
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 16. September 2025 | Iolanta |
| 03. März 2026 | Carmen |
| 14. April 2026 | Visionary Dances (Ballett) |
| 26. Mai 2026 | Les Pêcheurs de perles |
| 23. Juni 2026 | Animal Farm |
| 08. September 2026 | Adriana Lecouvreur |
| 10. November 2026 | La Fille du régiment |
| 12. Jänner 2027 | Fidelio |
| 27. April 2027 | Woolf Works |
| 22. Juni 2027 | I Capuleti e i Montecchi |
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Timoor Afshar, Milda Luckuté, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Thursday 23. April 2026
Abo 17
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 11. September 2025 | Otello |
| 20. November 2025 | Dialogues des Carmélites |
| 26. Februar 2026 | Luisa Miller |
| 26. März 2026 | Die verkaufte Braut |
| 23. April 2026 | Giselle (Ballett) |
| 10. September 2026 | Don Carlo |
| 08. Oktober 2026 | Eine florentinische Tragödie/Herzog Blaubarts Burg |
| 28. Jänner 2027 | Don Giovanni |
| 08. April 2027 | Tristan und Isolde |
| 20. Mai 2027 | Lulu |
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Milda Luckuté, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Thursday 30. April 2026