m o v e m e n t & t h e a t r e p e r f o r m e r d i r e c t o r / c h o r e o g r a p h e r i m m e r s i v e c r e a t o r
B I O
Maya June Dwyer is an interdisciplinary artist. She is an actor, contemporary dancer, theatre creator, and director/choreographer currently based in New York and Montréal. Maya works internationally across performance disciplines including dance, music, physical and immersive theatre and film, and enjoys exploring the intersection of these forms in nontraditional spaces.
Maya has won grants at both regional and national levels for original work. Most recently, Maya was one of twelve choreographers in New York State to be awarded the New York State Dance Force Choreographer's Initiative, which provided her with a residency of 20 studio hours with professional dancers, under the observance of her chosen mentor, Adam Barruch. In 2024, she was selected for the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Teaching Artist Mentorship program. Other grants awarded have included an Individual Artist Commission through NYSCA's Decentralization Program for her solo work Mad Scene and both an "Opportunity to Create" grant from NYSCA-A.R.T./New York, and a Community Arts Grant from NYSCA for Pansy Craze, a immersive, music and dance-theatre work she conceptualized, directed and choreographed, and co-created. She has regularly been commissioned to create dance works with The Society for New Music's Vision of Sound festival in collaboration with contemporary composers. In recent years, Maya was a part of the Stage Directors and Choreographer's Foundation Observership Program, as well as Hangar Theatre's Lab Company.
t r a i n i n g
b i g b a n g @ e s p a c e o u v e r t
h o f e s h s h e c h t e r c o m p a n y
p i l o b o l u s
p u s h p h y s i c a l t h e a t r e
t h i r d r a i l p r o j e c t s
p u n c h d r u n k i n t e r n a t i o n a l
a l e x a n d r a b e l l e r d a n c e s
s h e n w e i d a n c e a r t s
m e r e d i t h m o n k
m e r y l t a n k a r d
t h e T E A M
observerships, programs, and honors
new york state dance force choreographer's initiative
stage directors and choreographers foundation observership program
syracuse stage emerging directors observership with bob hupp
hangar theatre lab company
syracuse area live theatre award for best leading actress in a musical (wendla, spring awakening)
syracuse area live theatre award nomination for best director of a professional play (marie and the nutcracker prince)
le moyne college arts impact awards nomination (2020)