The power of the toepads.

Apparently she only started serious ballet training at 13, after coming from a commercial dance studio. A testament to her hard work and talent as she can achieve this level after only 4 years

And now she’s a soloist at the Royal Swedish Ballet and she’s not even 20 yet. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The direction changes in her fouettés 😯 and the quad pirouette with a coupe pirouette right out of it like it was nothing

Genuinely couldn't have picked a better variation than this to showcase her strengths as a dancer. Leg control and extensions, ballon, pirouettes, port de bras, and facial expressions! I keep coming back to this every time. Absolutely amazing and phenomenal! You are one of a kind, Maya.

And a few months later she performed this exact variation professionally

This is so exceptional that it's easy to imagine that if there really were dryads, this is what their queen would look like. She is the epitome of beauty and grace here and makes this look effortless. Everything about this looks like a professional who is on her way to do great things.

She makes it look so easy! She executed the Italian fouettés like it's nothing, not to mention the change direction fouettés. She will definitely get promoted to soloist or hopefully principal soon. She actually played Queen of the Dryads with the Royal Swedish Ballet despite being in the corps (for only a week or so!) ❤

Such a difficult and technical variation (interestingly, as soloist part, rather than the principal!) then made HARDER with quad pirouettes and Italian fouettés and then TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS. Superbly done! Master Ballet Academy really knows how to bring out that "something special" in each of their dancers and I love watching them going onto the big leagues--Maya in 2022 now at Royal Swedish Ballet, Amber in 2023 now at Boston Ballet, and now Melanie in 2024 who is sure to be placed in a fabulous company. Wonderful, just wonderful!

I've NEVER seen anyone do the fouette direction change before. A - mazing!

She is so calm and elegant, like an experienced professional.

she is gorgeous. I can't wait to watch her journey to become a prima ballerina.. So lovely, beautiful arms, extension, my goodness.

Her jumps are absolutely incredible!! Is she wearing springs on her shoes? What a beautiful dancer!

A beautiful prizewinner who looks like a human being and not a robot 💐

She demonstrated beautiful, highly technical, difficult to dance performances, yet she made it look as she is very comfortable and she possesses everything for fluid, perfect, outstanding ballet dance. 👍👏💙🌟♥️💜

It’s not often precision is brought to Switzerland 🇨🇭 but Maya has completely slayed it. Her fouettés are sublime and her coupe pirouette is awe inspiring.

every time this damn video shows up anywhere in my line of sight i just have to watch at least once

her like arm positions and gestures are so soft and round and perfect it's just like it sounds like such a weird thing to focus on but her arms are never like in the wrong place doing the wrong thing too obtrusive or invisible like they're always just like perfect

I was not prepared for her Italian fouetté changing direction.😳❤️

Maya dances with so much grace, feeling and wonderful technique, you are going far far to be prima ballerina

Maya is such a delicate yet powerful dancer.

スタイル良すぎて出てきた瞬間鳥肌立った 振りをあたかも簡単かのように踊るところがすごいんだよなぁ、簡単じゃないのに。

The change of direction in her fouttes oh my... I can't, it was impecable 🤩

So proud of Maya! She seems like a gem of a person. She dances like an angel

The sassy coupé turn after the triple pirouette😍

This is the BEST ballet dance I've ever watched!! I don't have enough words to describe how beautiful she danced. The control, facial expression, balance, flexibility, costume, and everything is just perfect. Excellent work!!

Her face at the beginning in the wings shows 100% concentration. She's totally focused.

This is in my list of top three favorite performances among ballerinas. Such beauty. I'm in awe.

That's baby hairs!!! Congrats Mayaa :)

She is a miracle!

Maya, ah, the best Queen!, brava, full of light.

Her arms are pure music. Brava

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! Can't wait to see more of Maya!!!

Wow❤️I truly commented on so many good young dancers... But, this young lady is outstanding! HONESTLY! What a beautiful dancer! BRAVO!!! ❤️❤️👌🏻

Stunning line!!! Perfect Placement!! A joy to watch.

Naaah cuz she killed this variation. SHE ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMBS

the music is so magical to me, and her dancing makes it even more magical!

This girl is so exceptional

Beautifully executed with wonderful control and expression.

Като технически възможности има качествата на великата Силви Гилем, както и изящество в детайла на танца. Световна звезда. Успех от България!

She is an amazing dancer. She's on another channel who documents the dancer through photography/videography out of NYC.

This made me cry because of how beautiful it is. I don't have enough words to describe how incredible this is and how I felt while watching this. It's magical.

This is something very special. Amazing to watch.

This is so beautiful I have always loved this variation

Merci beaucoup ! J'adore vous regarder danser ! C'est dans la chaîne de Eva Nys que je vous ai découverte ! Félicitations une fois encore : ))

BRILLIANT ITALIAN FOUETTÉS, Brava, and, of course, HAPPY NEW YEAR DANCING🩰🎶🎶💎🌞😍😍😍❤❤❤

The most beautiful 😍

Those Italian fouettés are so perfect!

Ich war Tänzerin in Hamburg Ballett. Das war wirklich hervorragend. Bravo ⭐️

Absolutely beautiful

such a talent for such a young lady. she will go so far

Alla danza classica eseguita stupendamente: tanto di cappello.

Lovely

her look is so delicate

Such a beautiful and graceful dancer 😍😍💓 I could watch her all day long! 😆✨

How she watched her own hand while moving, a real ballerina❤

YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE QUEENS, I´M SURE YOU WILL DANCE FOREVER!, AMAZING, BRAVA!

she is amazing!!!

Absolutely magical!

A Maya é uma graça e muito talentosa! 💖 Adoro ela! 💕

What a beautiful, beautiful thing to see. Thank you, Maya. ❤ Congratulations.

holy wowza she's insanely good

She looks like she’s levitating. Jesus.

,Wow..breathtakingly beatiful !

Simply stunning!

Amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing,amazing! inspiring smile and arms! Brava🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Amazing control and beautiful upper body! U make it look so effortless! Just beautiful!! ❤

And now she is dancing Odile/Odette in Swanlake at RSB 😱

Excellent!

The PRIZE here is her unassuming charm and star presence. Exquisite.

Mesmerizing! Such a beautiful talent and kudos to her teachers!

Exquisita !!!

Fantastica!

Endedans endehors endedans endehors 😮😮😮😮😮 oh my gosh 😮 Girl from the USA 🎉❤

i always love seeing her do queen of dryads...

Beautiful!

Beautiful👏

OMG MAYA SLAY

Perfection!

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💐 Great!

Beautiful💕🥰😀😚

Her Italian fuettes were fabulous

Brava !!

wow 🤩🤩🤩

🤩🤩🥳🥳

Чудо!

Linda 👏

Very nice !

Wow.

Maya why do you make this look so easy :'')

I´m writing you again this little verse of a poem from Etel Adnan, the great painter and poet, "the spring flower own": "whiter than Ophelia skin", like a white rose.

Don't understand what coupe , fouette etc..all thia professional jargon - but I do see that she is outstandingly musical.

like a white rose...as you dance! Brava

I love ballet and dancing to

Muito graciosa!🙏🏻❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

Wahou !!!!!

Does anyone know what she is doing after she graduates from Master Ballet? I haven’t seen any news anywhere, but I’d assume all of her success and numerous international comp wins would bring her offers of employment now that she is 18

Babyhairs

Хорошо подлбранная вариация. Потенциал.

i wonder if she got new toe pads for this-