Maya took up Bharata Natyam in October 1990 with the dancer Malavika in Paris. She received her instruction for seven years.
From June 1991, she had the opportunity to take part in the only training course going in France at Grenoble, under the guidance of the famous Bharata Natyam teacher V.S. Muttuswamy Pillai. This three weeks training course allowed her to practice intense dancing and carnatic singing with Professor Seturaman, as well as abhinaya and nattuvangam with the frensh dancer Dominique Delorme, a disciple of V.V Muttuswamy Pillai.
Within the context of Dominique Delorme’s training course, she worked with the frensh dancers Kalpana and Vacenta.
In May 1993, she presented her first three dances with Malavika as a coach and with her, she prepared her first show at the Ministère des Finances, in October 1995.

Then she put on, in hospitals shows patroned by the Association Tournesol. In the same way she played for schools.
A second show was presented at the Ministère des Finances in September 1996. The famous composer Pierre Henry happened to attend the show. He wrote an enthusiastic article about Maya in « les Saisons de la Danse ».

In January 1998, Maya who had got married, met Guru Kittappa Pillai at Thanjavur and got a scholarship allowed by the Government (I.C.C.R) to go and study with him for one year.
Before leaving, she presented a show at the Mandapa Centre after choreographies of V.S.Muttuswamy Pillai, Ellapa Mudialar, Malavika and Dominique Delorme. It was her last show in the style of Madras.

In 1999, Maya set out for Thanjavur.She lived there and practised dancing with Guru Kittappa Pillai. After Guru Pillai’s passing and according to his will, she presented her arangetram on 14th July 2000 Sangeetham Palace in Thanjavur (Guru’s Pillai training had been taken over by Guru Herambanathan. The day before, in a ritual ceremony, the salangai puja, she had been given her bells.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back in France in September 2000 she presented the programme of her arangetram at the Mandapa Centre.
From then on she went each year to India and worked with Guru Herambanathan. There she was often given the opportunity of dancing for a public. She danced in Pondichery too. At Guru Herambanathan’s request, she created the association Thanjavur Heritage in order to keep up the tradition (see under the head « transmission »).

In 2003, Maya presented a show made from choreographies passsed down from generation to generation in India. The title of it was « Shiva in all his forms ». The show was given in many french towns (Epinal, Vittel, Massy, Troyes, Aubergenville in Saint Thérèse Church, Mantes-la-Jolie).
In 2004, Maya met a painter, François Hilsum, choreographied a show entitled « Vibration » inspired by one of his oil-paintings (the public could see the painting on the stage). The first night was in auditorium of the Opera of Massy(91), on June 21st.

Since October 2004, Maya has passed a vocational course focused on the 108 Karanas and given by the dancer Manochhaya.
From January to May 2005 Maya has cooperated with Hubert Gonzales, a teacher at the elementary school in Frémainville and every two week on thursday morning, she's been asked to set up a workshop for beginner's courses in Indian dance.
Throughout the year, Maya's instruction (in the three nursery sections) has been resumed by their school teachers. So India has become a colourful background for their training (with geography, cookery, music, wild life, etc...)
By the end of the year, the children were given a dance certificate, after passing an exam testifying to their basic knowledge in the Bharata Natyam technique : rythmics, body movements, coordination, management of the space. On that occasion, the children presented Maya with a tale they had imainged and illustrated themselves. In return, Maya promised them to choreograph their tale. Each page corresponds to a scene. Thus was born the show entitled "Dance from the heart". It takes its origin in Maya's deep conviction that Bharata Natyam is art appealing to everyone's imagination and to children's to begin with. That's why she teaches the youngest ones (from three) and sets up workshops for them. Dancing develops their imaginative world. Theirs bodies voice their feelings.

As usual, Maya to India in July 2005, in order to go back to her roots and to continue with learning new choreographies in the pure Thanjavur style.

In 2006, Maya has broaden her teaching: beginners training, lectures, opening of additional classes.
In June, Thanjavur Heritage association celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Bharata Natyam dance classes in Vienne-en Arthie.
Maya will start a Parisian beginners section, in January 2007.
She is part of the Lille3000 festival. In that frame she will perform twelve educational workshops in different schools of Faches Thumesnil, in November.
She will perform the first week of December ten shows attended by 18000 children.
Maya has opened a yoga beginners classes in Vienne-en-Arthies.

2007
Maya is part of the "Salon du livre" in Paris in le club jeunesse.
In Novembre she met Aruna Subramaniam in Thanjavur and recieved an intensive training under her guidance.
She performed at Madurai because the South Cultural Zone Center requested Maya to dance for the National Sports festival for women in front of an august audience (educational and sport ministers)
Since September Maya gave yoga class in Paris 16 with Françoise Blévot.

Concurrently she goes on with her private practice as a physiotherapist.