Nina Madsen Puckett, RSMET/T, CMA, BFA, LMT is originally from NJ and is a Co-Director for Oklahoma Movement where she choreographs, teaches and performs.  She is also the director of Madsen Movement where she teaches Somatic Movement classes and owner of Madsen Massage Therapy where she employs 6 licensed massage therapists.

She is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator through ISMETA and is Certified Movement Analyst, having received her education and certificate from the yearlong program at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in NYC in 2006. She graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BFA in Dance and also studied at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences’ Massage Therapy Program in NYC where she received an Associates of Occupational Studies in 2008. She also studied dance for two semesters abroad at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in Perth, Australia and Teatterikorkeakoulu (The Theatre Academy of Finland) in Helsinki. 

Nina is the founder of Erase the Stigma Through Dance, the mental health advocacy program of Oklahoma Movement. She has appeared on various podcasts advocating for mental health awareness including The Dance Better Podcast, DIY Dancer in partnership with Okay Let’s Unpack This and the YouTube Channel, “Move for a Movement.” 

In a 2002 review of the American Dance Festival, dance critic Byron Woods wrote “the unforgettable flex of Ursula Payne’s Student, Nina Madsen, reminiscent of Gretchen Lothrop’s work.”  She lives in Coweta, Oklahoma with her husband Craig, son Caster Thomas, dogs Seymour and Emil and 7 chickens.