Maya Lewandowsky

Maya Lewandowsky (; born 1972) is an Israeli–Canadian choreographer, vocalist and interdisciplinary performer best known as the founding artistic director of Calgary‑based La Caravan Dance Theatre.

Early life and education Lewandowsky was born in Tel Aviv and trained first at the Bat‑Dor Dance Studio; she later completed the Advanced diploma of the Royal Academy of Dance in London and graduated from the Telma Yelin High School for the Arts in Givatayim. She was a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship.

Career During the 1990s, Lewandowsky danced as a soloist with the Bat-Dor Dance Company She is often referred to as Marie Chouinard of Calgary. Early works such as The Corridor (2005) attracted national attention; Vancouver's Georgia Straight noted that the Israeli‑born director "blends the technical grace of ballet with the physically pummelling crashes of La La La Human Steps and the theatrical costumes of Cirque’s Quidam." Subsequent festival appearances at the Dancing on the Edge saw Lewandowsky attach microphones to dancers’ bodies to embody and amplify breath and screams, a gesture The Dance Current called one of the "wild imaginings" that made her company "the edgiest show at this year’s festival."

Major productions include The Dybbuk (High Performance Rodeo, Outside Canada, she has presented choreography in Europe and Asia and is known as the creator of the "Free Your Natural Voice" method, a holistic vocal training technique.