Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music and Drama: MaDLOM
We are at 2 Locations:
Dance, Drama: Coop Annex, 65 Chestnut Street; Entrance on Forest Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
Drumming: UU Congregation, 67 Church Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042
MaDLOM is Montclair’s Hub for creative and innovative dance, drama, drumming, story telling.
Discover the power of:
Critical and Creative Thinking in Dance • Choreography • Ballet for Modern Dance • Physical Theater • Play writing • Acting Drumming • African Rhythms • Words in Rhythm and Film
For grades: Pre-K through 12
Parents are always welcome to create a story for us and join our process!
“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: Fall 2026!
Our Classes
Dance
choreography • improvisation • modern • ballet
Drama
acting • playwriting • film
Drumming
African drumming • dkembe • dundun
Documentary
coming soon
“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