MARIA GREW UP A PART OF A CIRCUS FAMILY. ALL HER CHILDHOOD SHE WENT ON TOURS AND TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF RUSSIA WITH HER PARENTS. AND SHE WAS OUT ON THE CIRCUS ARENA MORE THAN ONCE, PERFORMING TO THE AUDIENCE OF UP TO 3000 PEOPLE. WHEN SHE WAS 5 SHE BEGAN TAKING LESSONS IN ART GYMNASTICS AND WHEN SHE TURNED 7 SHE STARTED A BALLET SCHOOL, WHERE SHE DECIDED TO DEDICATE HER LIFE TO DANCE.
“I LOVE MUSIC AND DANCE SO MUCH, I CAN’T IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT THESE TWO THINGS”.

IN 2004 MARIA FINISHED THE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET SCHOOL OF RUDOLPH NYREEV (BY METHOD OF A.VAGANOVA) WITH A SPECIALIZATION “CLASSICAL BALLET DANCER”. MARIA’S DIPLOMA’S THEME WAS “SHUBERTIANA” BALLET, AND HER PERFORMANCE WAS GRADED “EXCELLENT”.

AS A DANCER SHE PERFORMED SOLO- AND ENSEMBLE ROLES TO A LIVE AUDIENCE IN A VARIETY OF GENRES: CLASSICAL BALLET, MODERN, ORIENTAL, PUSSYCAT DOLL STYLE, AND CONTEMPORARY. SHE WAS PREPARING FOR PERFORMANCES BY REHEARSING AND EXERCISING DAILY. SHE FOUND A PASSION TO STUDY AND CREATE CHOREOGRAPHY AND WORKED AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR HERSELF AND OTHER DANCERS.
SHE WAS PERFORMING IN SUCH BALLETS AS “GISELLE”, “KNIAZ IGOR”, “NAYADA AND RYBAK”, “ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE”, “SCHUBERTIANA”, “BAYADERKA” ETC.

IN 2007 SHE LEFT RUSSIA AND MOVED TO CANADA, WHERE MOST OF HER FAMILY LIVED. HER LITTLE SON WAS BORN THREE MONTHS AFTER. AS ALEXANDRE GREW UP MARIA FOUND A NEW PASSION- FOR TEACHING DANCING AND SHE WANTED TO PASS HER LOVE FOR DANCE TO HER STUDENTS. HER GOAL AS A DANCE TEACHER IS NOT ONLY TEACH HER STUDENTS OF HOW TO DANCE BUT SHOW THEM THE JOY OF MOVEMENT AND BEAUTY OF MUSIC AND INSTILL LOVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF MUSIC AND DANCE.