Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music and Drama
@ Coop Annex, 65 Chestnut street, entrance on Forest street
@ UU Congregation, 67 Church street
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair’s Hub for creative and innovative dance, drama, drumming and film
Discover the power of
Critical Thinking in Creative Dance • Choreography •
Ballet for Modern Dance Physical Theater • Play writing • Acting Drumming • African Rhythms • Words in Rhythm
For grades: Pre-K through 12
Parents are welcome
“Finding the origin and new meanings of images and ideas in different areas of the arts, such as (but not limited to) dance, theater, film, music, painting, etc., is what I’m honored and intrigued to do with our students. This creates communication and an individual is brought to their source of power.”
“It should not be hard for you to stop and look into the stains on walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or like places in which… you may find marvelous ideas.”
Register now for the Fall 2026!
Our Classes
Dance
choreography • improvisation • modern • ballet
Drama
acting • playwriting • film
Drumming
African drumming • dkembe • dundun
Documentary
coming 2025
“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”, have been creating works since 1985, including: “H.P.Madame’s Portrait, “Abstractions”, “Come & Go”, “Dos Worlds”, “Ophelia’s Ocean”, “Pulling”, lectures, and discussions about jazz, movement, theater, and contemporary arts, as well as improvisation. For their creative 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 where I go.”
— Grant Burroughs
Madlom student since the age of 5