About Maya

Maya Epstein is the Founder of Maya Moves, a full service, personalized dance company offering group and private lessons for students of all ages. Her classes include private training sessions for young dancers, couples classes to prepare for the first dance at the wedding, and more- all with the mission of bringing joy and confidence to every dancer.

Maya was placed in her first dance class at age 7, and has been dancing ever since. She earned her BFA in Dance Performance & Choreography from Elon University, and spent time training with the Israel-based dance company Vertigo. Maya started Maya Moves as a weekly beginner dance class to help her fellow childhood dancers reconnect with their movement roots, and has since expanded the company to inspire people of all ages to find confidence in dance.

When it comes to wedding dances….

Maya Moves was created for the people who don't want to look like they've taken months of classes, but also don't want to just sway in place the entire time. You’re going to be under a lot of adrenaline, a choreographed dance is not something you should be worried about.

Maya's method only requires meeting for 1 lesson together- yes that's correct, just one hour! It's geared towards non-dancers who don't want to spend too much time or money on mastering a few tricks. The goal is to make people wonder if you had assistance or not, based off how natural you look.

In addition to the first dance, she also assists with Parent dances with the same approach of only learning a few moves & keeping the dance under 2 minutes.

Currently…

Maya lives in New York City, teaching wedding related dances full time. She teaches both in person & over Zoom, with over 20 lessons a week. She is fully living her dream of teaching dance, and creating a business that will only grow with more ways for people to move!