Her interest in both dance and circus is the encounter and communication between two or more bodies, which is manifested in Maja’s work with the help of a wide variety of techniques, perspectives and approaches like contemporary partnering, couple dance and partner acrobatics.
From 2017 to 2023, Maja collaborated with Ralph Öllinger as a duo called ego portrait – a circus-dance perspective. Together, they created and performed using tools from partner acrobatics, dance, and object manipulation, exploring themes such as responsibility, trust, and the role of the audience in the context of performance.
In 2021 she received the BMKÖS Startstipendium for her research on gender roles and gender clichés in partnering and partner acrobatics.