Maya M. Carroll (née Lipsker)

Maya M. Carroll (née Lipsker) is a Berlin based choreographer, dancer and teacher. Since 2005 she has received artistic residencies at Dock11 Berlin, Labor Gras studio Berlin, Kunstmühle Braunschweig, Kinitiras Studio Athens, Tyrone Guthrie Center Ireland and Random Collision Groningen to name a few. Maya has been invited to be a guest choreographer at theater-dance companies in Germany and Europe, creating short up to full evening pieces.

In 2011 Maya formed The Instrument collective with composer Roy Carroll and designer Sarah Marguier. Her work has toured in Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, France, Romania, Holland, and Greece. Since she is based in Berlin, Maya has been leading workshops on a regular basis, as well as open classes and company guest training all over Europe. Her compositional and choreographic language is continuously researched and shared in her class. 

Dance background: Maya danced three years in the BatSheva-Ensemble Company (2000-2003) and worked with choreographer Lara Barsacq (1999-2004) as well as with Ohad Naharin, Sasha Waltz and Arkadi Zeides to name a few.