Hoyori Maruo (she/her) is a movement artist based in Sydney, Australia. She
graduated in 2020 with a CUA51520 Diploma in Professional Dance and
continued her training through Gibney Dance (NYC) under the mentorship of
Jessica Smith. She has performed with companies such as CAT.ASTROPHE
(NYC), CONFIGURATION.CO (Syd), SHINSA THE COLLECTIVE (NYC). Hoyori was a
soloist for Chelsea Thedinga’s film Chatter, Cat Cogliandro’s Oh you Bloody, Sam
Lobel’s The Diner and a featured dancer for the works of Gina Menichino, Julie
Joseph and Shannon Atkins presented at Choreographer’s Carnival NYC. 
‘Jane Doe(s)’ a duet choreographed and performed in collaboration with Alex
Schmidt was presented at both Modern Moves (NYC) and B12’s Free Radicals
(Berlin). Hoyori also choreographed ‘Run from the Shadows’ which premiered in
the Obremski/Works (NYC) evening length shows. Most recently, she performed
in Callum Mooney’s ‘COSMOS’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival. She is also the 2024
recipient of the Obremski/Works Voyager fellowship by Jesse Obremski. Now
residing in Australia, Hoyori continues to perform, teach and choreograph.

Bio updated Mar 2025