Maya Christine Hayes is a native of Jackson, Mississippi where she attended Jackson State University receiving her B.A. of Science in Speech and Theatre Arts. Since she was a little girl, Maya Christine Hayes has lived, breathed and appreciated the art of dance and the love of music. Soon after she began walking, Maya was always on her toes, emulating those with a more polished ballet and jazz footing.
Maya, the second daughter of four, was intensely encouraged to follow her dreams, by her mother, the late Mrs. Sylvia Ann Hayes. Noticing Maya’s love for the 80’s hit television show Fame, Sylvia Hayes, hearten Maya to follow her dream of dance. Along with her encouragement and support, she advised Maya that she should learn the business side of the arts, in order to make her dreams come true and have longevity. With much prayer, meditation, practice and warm encouragement from her mother, Maya became very talented at the art of dance and learned the business. She started her passage, with her God given talent of not only dancing, but teaching others who possessed the same admiration of art, as she did.
Her journey and dream began to come to a realization when her father, Mr. Henry L. Hayes, helped her to fund her first dance studio. With that seed money, Maya was able to open, The Starlight Dancer Company, in Jackson, MS. There, she taught urban and inner city youth dance, in its various forms. She not only taught and encouraged these youth, but she promoted them around the city and state. Maya also traveled the state, earning her stripes among many middle and high school dance, cheer and flag teams, where she taught field routines and well as competition routines. She was an associated creative advisor to the Jackson State University Prancing J-Settes dancers, in conjunction with being the founder of the JSU Lady Dazzlers dance team, also serving as President of the JSU Dance Ensemble at Jackson State University. During this time she was named 3 times the HBCU Fine Arts Most Outstanding Choreographer Award hosted at Howard University in 1998-2000.
Maya Hayes is the former Director of the Cary Ballet Conservatory’s Jazz Dance Training Program and Performing Company in North Carolina. Prior to Maya cheering for America’s Team, The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, she was a dancer for the world champion Chicago Bulls Luvabulls. Not only has she performed overseas for our nation’s troops, but Maya has performed all over the world as a backup dancer for blues singer Bobby Rush, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, and as a member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Show Group.
The Black Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Website http://www.weeklydcc.net/ has Maya Christine Hayes as one of its distinguished alumna. Maya is also a former Dallas Mavericks Dancer and Creator of the Braves Diamond Dancers which is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves MLB Family. She has been named the Official Going Pro Entertainment Consultant for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
In 2013, she expanded her dream by forming the Maya Hayes Group, LLC, which includes StarFire Production,LLC and her dancewear line, FreeSpirit Dancewear. She has entered the competitive world of Talent and Dance Competitions with her own "Stage On Fire" National Dance Competitions that debuted the Fall of 2015.
Maya is currently the director of the Dallas Marshals Darling Deputies which were named the Champions Indoor Football Dance Team of the Year during their inagural season.
She is blessed to share her experiences and talents with you and your family. Visit her website here!
