Maria trained at the Johane Casabene Dance Conservatoire in Malta. She graduated with a Ba (Hons) Dance Theatre from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Maria trained at the Johane Casabene Dance Conservatoire in Malta. She graduated with a Ba (Hons) Dance Theatre from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Maria is a dance practitioner, choreographer and movement director.

Maria believes that movement is an instinct. Her ethos as a dance practitioner is an inclusive one and she strives to make movement accessible to all. She has worked with dancers, actors, intergenerational groups and people with physical/learning disabilities.

Maria has danced for choreographers such as Tom Dale, Kerry Nicholls, Theo Clinkard, Kristina Sommerlade, Mavin Khoo, James Wilton and Sue Goodman.

In 2009 Maria founded RedTape Dance Company. Since then her work has been shown at the Bonnie Bird Theatre, Notte Bianca Malta, BluePrint Festival, Crystal Palace Arts Festival, Resolutions! London Bridge Live Arts, Sydenham Arts Festival, Ziguzajg International Youth Festival, Sadlers Wells, The London Palladium, Her Majesty’s Theatre, The Albany Theatre, Deptford, O2 Indigo, Malta Arts Festival, Intransit Festival, The Tabernacle, Royal Festival Hall, Hampton Court Palace and Tower of London.

Maria has been the recipient of the Malta Arts Fund and Malta Cultural Export Fund. She has been a recipient of Kensington and Chelsea Arts Grant and Greenshoots fund for dance work within the North Kensington youth community, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Fire.

Maria was a Laban Movement Analysis lecturer on the London Dramatic Arts course at Fordham University. She is founder of Tip Top Dance School in North Kensington. Maria co-founded Shakespeare Moves with Zoe Waites. She is the Movement teacher at Rose Bruford College on the APT course. A guest dance practitioner with StepChange Studios and a regular dance practitioner for the Royal Academy of Dance.