MAIA WILKINS

New York Post dance critic Clive Barnes says ,”the delicately
lyrical” Maia Wilkins is one to be watched. Wilkins’ numerous principal roles with
The Joffrey Ballet include Peter Pucci’s sensuous “Willing and Able” pas de deux
in Gerald Arpino’s production of BILLBOARDS; an Acrobat in Leonide Massine’s PARADE; the
mermaid in Gerald Arpino’s SEA SHADOW; and Arpino’s quirky VALENTINE boxing pas
de deux. In Joanna Haigood’s high-flying solo “Dance For Yal” the Chicago
Sun-Times reviewed Wilkins as a “show stealer” and her performance seemed to
“Float on air.” Sid Smith for the Chicago Tribune made special note of Wilkins’
“sensuality and tricky toe work” in Arpino’s KETTENTANZ.

Wilkins was born and raised in Truckee, California. She began her
dance training in tap at age six, but when she saw her first tutu, at age eleven, she
decided to study ballet, and went on to receive her formative training under Maggie Banks
at the Nevada Festival Ballet School. She has also studied with Stanley Holden n Los
Angeles, the School of American Ballet, Tina Bernal in New York and Luigi (jazz).

Outside The Joffrey, Wilkins has danced numerous principle roles as
a guest artist, including Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET; THE NUTCRACKER; LA BOUTIQUE
FANTASTIQUE; CINDERELLA; FIREBIRD; and COPPELIA. In 1989, she toured Europe with the
Dennis Wayne Dancers.

In May 1996 Wilkins was featured alone on the cover of Dance
Magazine. Wilkins enjoys working with choreographers on new works and recently Peter Pucci
created a powerful new work for her, AFTER THE FALL. Wilkins loves travelling around the
globe performing The Joffrey Ballet’s wide range of repertory.