Maya SCHONBRUN, 306 – Prix de Lausanne 2022 Prize Winner – Classical

February 5th, 2022
Finals - Classical variation: Don Quixote's Queen of the Dryads

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[katys]

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

[xeaux]

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

[kballet]

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

[Trishas]

And a few months later she performed this exact variation professionally

[sarahrmezzo]

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!) ❤

[GotBespoke]

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.

[jmr]

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.

[radiantonion]

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

[veramentegina]

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

[sheeniebeanie]

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! <3

[Upstaged]

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

[Velereonics]

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

[danceandmore]

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

[rachelsanger]

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

[tinahiggs]

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.

[galinapopov]

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. 👍👏💙🌟♥️💜

[dahliainez]

Maya is such a delicate yet powerful dancer.

[fernandamarau]

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.

[rachaelpanda]

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

[MrQbenDanny]

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