Maja Keres
Hometown: Rijeka Croatia
Current City: Los Angeles
College: Rijeka University
Maja has a Master’s Degree. Her majors were English Language, Literature and History of Art. She has been dancing throughout her entire high school and college days, so after she got her Master’s Degree she decided she wanted to follow her passion for dance and turn it into an actual profession. Maja is also classical music educated, she graduated from elementary and high school at the Music school Ivan Matetic Ronjgov in Rijeka – piano was her major. She has always been interested in arts (music, dance, visual arts) and was also very good at sports. So she feels that dance is the best way of combining both. She started dancing when she was about 5 years old in but committed to it seriously at the age of 16. She learned jazz dance, ballet and contemporary just by being part of a local dance group. Craving to learn more about dance and different styles of it, she started attending numerous workshops and classes not only in Croatia, but throughout Europe, learning more about hip hop and other urban styles of dance. She started working professionally in Croatia, but her curiosity finally took across the pond to the USA. She trained at the world renowned Broadway Dance Center, NYC in 2011. Professional career in 2014.
Maja is currently one of Justin Timberlake’s tour dancers for over a year.
After she is done with the Justin Timberlake tour, she plans on settling in LA and continuing her career in the States, expanding more towards teaching dance and choreography. Maybe commercials, music videos, live performances, working with artists, maybe another tour. Her goals are also stepping more into acting and film. Her background taught her to not take anything for granted. She is still very connected to her home country, and she visits her family once or twice every year. She is also one of the owners of K2K dance center in Rijeka where they provide dance education for all generations, so both her personal and professional life are keeping her very connected to Croatia. They encouraging personal authenticity and confidence.
While living in New York and LA she connected with a lot of people from the Croatian American community. She loves the way our people are connected and always try to help and look out for each other. That is a characteristic of Croatians that she is extremely grateful and proud of. Maja’s whole family still resides in Rijeka, Croatia. Her father is Dalmatian, from around Benkovac. Her last name has roots in Hungary. She is a great role model for young Croatians. Maja is at the bottom right of the stairs when Justin Timberlake was taking the stage to perform at 2018’s Super Bowl – Video
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