NaYmA

“Maja Mirek's physicality reveals a remarkable diversity in the movement vocabulary shown. (...) This performance of discovery, of trying things out, of feeling one's way forward (...) of self-empowerment, emancipation of one's own body and one's own voice in a space that always seems strange, is sometimes received with a smile in the audience at the beginning. In the course of time, however, it almost feels as if the audience is holding its breath to finally applaud the performer in unison and occasionally even with a standing ovation".

— Miriam Ljubijankic, Figure it out! Eröffnungsabend des Festivals PERFORMdANCE #32 in Salzburg for the tanznetz.de 15.04.2022

“Maja Mirek, an up-and-coming talent (…) in NaYmA she complements the amazing body acrobatics with her voice. You can almost understand what she is telling us, even though she is babbling in an artificial language she has developed (…). Her name should be remembered”.

— Ditta Rudle, Tanz im Kosmos: long life und NaYmA for the tanzschrift.at 25.04.2022

Bare walls, two vertical cloths. "NaYmA...": Thierry Zaboitzeff's pulsating rhythms, suggestive sounds, the timbre of his voice lure a young woman out of her cocoon. Attempts at walking, conquering space, self-empowerment through language, justification and screaming…

The Polish dancer and performer Maja Mirek combines theatrical and dance qualities into a broad repertoire of expression. Body language, movement vocabulary and use of space experience a significant expansion into the vertical and horizontal by means of a rope and belt system.