Maddie McLaughlin – Instructor

Maddie ‘s family is from a small suburb of Chicago, where she began dancing at W Dance Studio at the age of 3. She received training in tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and modern; however, her love for tap was evident when she put on her very first pair of tap shoes!
Throughout high school, she trained at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project and Chicago Tap Theater.

She attended Purdue University where she received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering. While at Purdue, she served as the President of the Purdue Tap Club, Footnotes, and led the tap program at Dance Moves and Gymnastics in Lafayette, IN, teaching tap technique and choreographing award-winning competitive routines for all ages and levels.

Maddie is currently in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University where she is working towards her MD and her PhD.

She is so honored and excited to be able to share her love of tap with the students at IDA!