Marija Baranauskaitė Liberman is the first Lithuanian woman to graduate in clown theatre from Philippe Gaulier's International Clown School in France. Since 2013, Marija has been developing personal creative projects, has created or collaborated on dance, theatre and circus performances, and has participated in more than three dozen dance, circus and other performances as a dancer and circus performer. She joined The Sphere community after accepting the challenge to re-create Andrea Salustri's work Materia, and her close collaboration with the artist has helped to develop the installation MATERIA Explorations in Kaunas.