Madeline Wichmer was born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri, where she trained at Saint Louis Ballet School and Dance Center of Kirkwood. Madeline later earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory under the direction of Paula Weber, Ronald Tice, DeeAnna Hiett, Michael Blake, David Justin, Tempe Ostergren, and Gary Abbott. While at the Conservatory, she had the opportunity to dance “Helena” in David Justin’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Pas de Deux from his Make Our Garden Grow, perform Les Sylphides, dance on national television in Michael Blake’s duet “Love Awaits”, and dance in the premier of Jae Man Joo’s Between Sky and Water. Madeline also has danced professionally with Kansas City Ballet in Devon Carney’s The Nutcracker and with Saint Louis Ballet in Gen Horiuchi’s Cinderella. Madeline danced with Ballet Frontier of Texas for two seasons under the direction of Chung Lin Tseng and Enrica Tseng where she performed in ballets such as Carmen, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Paquita, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Nutcracker. She received additional training at summer intensives through Kansas City Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, A&A Ballet, and the Big Muddy Dance Company. This is Madeline’s first season with Ballet Papillon.