She moved to the United States as a young adult and studied under Ruth Weisen at the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet in Miami, Florida.
[1] In 2007 Dashkina Maddux joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City and was eventually promoted to the rank of principal dancer.
[2][3] She performed in many lead roles in Graham works including the Bride in Appalachian Spring, Ariadne in Errand into the Maze, Woman in Red in Diversion of Angels, Eve in Embattled Garden, the duet Conversation of Lovers, and danced featured roles in Deaths and Entrances, Leader of Steps in the Street from Chronicle, Leader of the Chorus in Night Journey, Artemis in Phaedra, and the solo Serenata Morisca.
She was featured in a Martha Graham Technique instructional video for beginners that was directed by Miki Orihara and Susan Kikuchi and produced by Dance Spotlight.
[5] She has also modeled for dance photographers and was featured in the books Dessert Flower by Guillermo Licurgo and The Art of Movement by Ken Browar and Deborah Ory.