🫶 “Play is the opposite of trauma.”
Somatic Circus Play invites participants to reconnect with their bodies through gentle circus-inspired movement, play, and mindful somatic release. Together, we’ll use soft acrobatics and grounding lower-body work to cultivate safety, joy, and embodiment — encouraging the nervous system to release tension and restore flow.
🤩 Maya is a passionate circus artist, teacher, and choreographer dedicated to helping people reconnect with their bodies through play, presence, and creative movement. As graduating student in the Aloft Circus Arts full professional training program, Maya blends technical aerial and circus skill with a deep interest in embodiment and somatic practice.
She recently choreographed her first student showcase piece, an experience that strengthened her belief that circus is more than tricks — it’s an invitation to explore trust, courage, and self-expression in community.
💖 In her classes, Maya brings warmth, creativity, and a trauma-informed and inclusive perspective, drawing on her experience with soft acrobatics, beginner tumbling, partner acro, and active flexibility. Her teaching is rooted in the idea that play is the opposite of trauma — when we soften, ground, and move with curiosity, we remember our bodies are a safe place to come home to.
Through Somatic Circus Play, Maya creates space for students to laugh, release, and strengthen together — building not just physical skills but resilience, connection, and delight in their own bodies.
Somatic Circus Play
Maya Anuligo
Saturday, June 28
3 – 4 p
Maya Anuligo's work seeks to bring poetry into form. She is interested in authenticity, research and experimentation, mood, musicality, centering neurodivergent perspectives, and de-centering western ideologies. Through performance, Maya aims to create intentional experiences that invite reflection, spark questions, and open a dialogue between artist and audience.
Through aerial movement and dance, Anuligo explores how form, expression, timing, atmosphere, and music can translate complex emotional landscapes into a visual language. Her aerial/movement practice is an extension of her poetry practice—the questions are the same; only the medium changes.
Rooted in poetry and contemporary circus, Maya's work blends technical skill with curiosity and human connection. Rather than pursuing spectacle for its own sake, she create performances that invite audiences into shared experiences of wonder, presence, and recognition, offering space to consider new ways of inhabiting ourselves and relating to one another.