Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music and Drama
is the hub for performing arts, choreography, and creative arts production
in Montclair, New Jersey
We offer classes in
dance • choreography • drama • drumming • poetry • playwriting • video • film
for ages 3 through adults
Fall classes start September 16th!
Fall classes start September 16th!
We follow Howard Gardner’s theory of “Multiple Intelligences” and that everyone has talent!
“Music is the healing force
of the universe.”
— Albert Ayler
Dance
choreography • improvisation • modern • ballet
The Musical Crusade of Reggie Workman
Documentary
coming 2025
Drama
acting • playwriting • film
Drumming
African drumming • dkembe • dundun
“The process of finding the origin of images and ideas in any of the different areas of arts acquires new meaning!”
As a collaborative team Reggie Workman and Maya Milenovic, the “co-founding heart of MaDLOM”, since 1998, have lately created, “Dos Worlds”, “Ophelia’s Ocean”, “Pulling”, lectures and discussions about jazz, and contemporary arts, improvised dance & theater. For their creatve collaborations, they have received a Guggenheim fellowship.
“I have been a lifelong Madlom member. Aside from instilling a love for music in me, Madlom has made me a more confident, kind, and caring person. I know to take those traits and drumming with me wherever I go.”
— Grant Burroughs, Madlom student from the age of 5