Madison Pineda Bender is a dancer, creator, and educator based in St. Petersburg, FL. She earned her B.F.A. in Dance from The Juilliard School, where she received the Martha Hill Award and the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship Grant. Madison worked as a company dancer and teaching artist with GroundWorks DanceTheater and has since joined Peter Chu’s company, chuthis., performing at venues such as Orsolina28 and BEACON dance festival. 

Madison has assisted choreographer, Rena Butler, and contributed to works at Juilliard, George Mason University, and UNCSA. She was awarded the St. Petersburg Individual Artist Grant and premiered her work at The Dalí Museum as a 2025 Momentum Artist. She is set to create a new work for Sarasota Contemporary Dance for their 2027 season.