Whether you are a young person eager to develop your skills, an audience member curious about creative process, a dance beginner ready to get moving, or an artist seeking to evolve your practice, ŻfinMalta’s participation programmes enable everyone to get closer to dance. Participation is a portal to new ideas, insights, and relationships, and is at the core of ŻfinMalta’s commitment to the future of the Maltese cultural ecology. Explore ŻfinMalta’s three participation strands: Learning, Dialogue, and Artist Development.
Participation
Learning
Inclusive opportunities for all, to experience movement, develop new skills, and expand their personal artistry.
Iżfen ma’ ŻfinMalta
ŻfinMalta’s programme of open-level evening classes returns with a timetable of ballet, yoga and contemporary dance classes to get everyone moving. Guided by a range of expert leaders sensitive to the goals of each participant, these inclusive sessions are the perfect opportunity to be creative, get fit and have fun within a supportive community.
Intensives
ŻfinMalta intensives are an opportunity for dance artists to extend and develop their skills and artistry. Led by the company’s artistic team and international guest artists, intensives offer up to one week of development activity, exploring physical techniques, creative tasks, and improvisation practices.
Workshops
Led by expert guest artists working with ŻfinMalta, these short workshops offer participants a focused insight into the work being explored by the company. Participants dive into new physical vocabularies and methods of making in an open and inclusive setting.
Repertoire Workshops
These workshops are an opportunity for young people to get to know their national dance company. Led by ŻfinMalta Company dancers, at the island’s dance schools, they are the perfect opportunity to explore the repertoire of the company before or after seeing a production. Look out for open calls this season. ŻfinMalta wants to connect with you. Bespoke workshops are available on request. Contact martina.d.zammit@zfinmalta.mt if you have a specific enquiry or for more information about our offerings.
Dialogue
Opening the door for the curious to step behind the scenes and learn more about how ŻfinMalta’s work is developed, from studio to stage.
Open Rehearsals
Curious about how dance work is made? Or want to know more about the creative process of a specific choreographer? Get up close to the dancers as you step into ŻfinMalta’s studios for an intimate glimpse of new work being created. Hear directly from the choreographers, collaborators, and dancers before experiencing the production in theatres.
Performance Talks
For a greater insight into a ŻfinMalta production join the company’s artistic staff and guest collaborators for a post-performance talk. These conversations are an opportunity to deepen your appreciation of the work, engage in thought-provoking dialogue, and ask your own specific questions. Before selected performances, or by request, the company can also offer pre-performance introduction talks. Contact martina.d.zammit@zfinmalta.mt for more information.
Artist Development
Creating space for artists to sustain and evolve their practice and develop new work with the support of Malta’s national dance company.
ŻfinMalta’s Artist Development initiatives include: a regular programme of company classes, open to dance practitioners; an Artist in Residency programme; an apprenticeship programme for young artists in Malta; and two newly awarded titles: Propel artist, and Associate Artist. To learn more, head to zfinmalta.org/artist-development/
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information and to discuss any of ŻfinMalta’s Education programmes, please contact our Education & Outreach Officer, Martina Zammit on martina.d.zammit@zfinmalta.mt