Events from June 19 – February 22 › Performances › – ŻfinMalta https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/events/category/performances/ National Dance Company Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:10:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cdn-eu.wpx.onl/zfinmalta/2020/04/cropped-ZFIN_FAVICON-32x32.png Events from June 19 – February 22 › Performances › – ŻfinMalta https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/events/category/performances/ 32 32 Labyrinth at Malta International Arts Festival https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/labyrinth-miaf-jun-19-26/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.zfinmalta.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=35153 The post Labyrinth at Malta International Arts Festival appeared first on ŻfinMalta.

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Labyrinth at Malta International Arts Festival

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Matthew William Robinson’s Labyrinth, in collaboration with sand sculptor Oscar Rodriguez, premieres as part of a double bill for Malta International Arts Festival this June.

The Malta International Arts Festival presents Labyrinth – connecting contemporary dance with the visual backdrop of a sand sculpture. This collaboration between Spanish artist Oscar Rodríguez and ŻfinMalta Artistic Director Matthew William Robinson evokes a transitory landscape of myth and movement, inspired by the mythical maze designed by Daedalus to imprison the Minotaur. The dancers of ŻfinMalta interact with the sand sculpture, tracing patterns of curiosity and liberation, altering the sculpture’s form in real time. This transformation becomes part of the choreography – a metaphor for impermanence and metamorphosis. At the intersection of myth and matter, the Labyrinth invites both performers and spectators to reconsider space as a living organism. It is an artistic expression that erodes and reforms.

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NÁCAR at Dance Festival Malta

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NÁCAR returns to Maltese stages for Dance Festival Malta this July. Experience the driving force of Paloma Muñoz’s powerful work, as part of programme 3B (25th July) at Teatru Manoel, Valletta.

NÁCAR explores a desire to inhabit ghosts; those that survive in images, that persist in our bodies, and call out from the invisible. In this powerful new creation by Paloma Muñoz, one of Spain’s most innovative choreographic voices, suspended figures appear frozen, breathing and decomposing under the gaze of others. As their flesh is exposed their bodies call out, striking one another as a call to resist and remember. NÁCAR invites us to lend our bodies to the memory of others — to become vessels of presence, beauty, and shared echoes.

 

“Bodies as vessels of resonance. Offered, overlapping and available, allowing the dead to look, speak, and move through them, so that what is no longer here may insist and take form again as gesture and presence. Invocation and luminous possession: a ritual where memory infiltrates with a crooked smile, unfolding between the sacred, the ornamental, and what still breathes. A delight held like a spell.” – Paloma Muñoz

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Mortal Heroes on Tour

Sita Ostheimer’s Mortal Heroes premiered as part of ŻfinMalta’s 2024/25 season. The company now proudly presents the work internationally with performances in France, Germany, Italy, and this July, at  Dance Days Chania, Crete. View more international tour dates here.

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Choreography by Sita Ostheimer

In Mortal Heroes, Sita Ostheimer invites us into a visceral exploration of human potential—an odyssey through chaos and love, shadow and light, fragility and force. Her choreography becomes a poetic search for the ‘Other,’ a love letter to resilience, to the human capacity for survival, renewal, and transformation. Crafted with her signature language of movement, layered with evocative music by Adrien Casalis and immersive lighting by Barnaby Booth, Ostheimer’s work creates an atmosphere both intimate and vast.

A charged, pulsating space emerges—tense yet alive—suspending the audience in a state of continuous anticipation. It is here, in this emotionally electrified realm, that the body, mind, and spirit are pushed to their outer limits.
Through dynamic and deeply human encounters, Mortal Heroes unfolds as an emotional collision: delicate yet explosive, aggressive yet tender. Viewers are not passive observers—they are drawn into the work’s rhythm, evolving alongside the dancers, touching something raw and essential within themselves.
In Ostheimer’s process, transformation is perpetual. Beginnings and endings blur, giving way to a ceaseless cycle of becoming—an ever-renewing space where the heroic lies not in perfection, but in vulnerability, courage, and the will to continue.

“The visuals, dynamics, music, and qualities of moving bodies in my work allow dancers and viewers to discover a barely touched realm of their existence and experience the unseen motivation behind all moving forces. In Mortal Heroes, the aim is to create a pulsating and tense space that will put the audience in a high state of unceasing inner excitement and allow them to experience the power and ability of body, mind and movement.”  Sita Ostheimer  

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Unfold

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Two unique reflections on our world by two visionary choreographers of the moment. A bold, visually captivating evening of dance by Malta’s national dance company.

 

NATION is a groundbreaking artistic collaboration between ŻfinMalta Artistic Director Matthew William Robinson and Azzopardi Studio. In a stark landscape, lost souls ferociously search for what will come after the end. Haunting and razor-sharp, NATION swerves between the intimate and the vast, the delicate and the brutal.

 

SWAY, a new creation by Italian choreographer Diego Tortelli, explores our burning desire for deep connection. A journey of raw vulnerability, surrender and trust. SWAY is a rebellion of bodies where the energy of the dancers merges with the heartbeat of the audience.

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Unfold

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Two unique reflections on our world by two visionary choreographers of the moment. A bold, visually captivating evening of dance by Malta’s national dance company.

 

NATION is a groundbreaking artistic collaboration between ŻfinMalta Artistic Director Matthew William Robinson and Azzopardi Studio. In a stark landscape, lost souls ferociously search for what will come after the end. Haunting and razor-sharp, NATION swerves between the intimate and the vast, the delicate and the brutal.

 

SWAY, a new creation by Italian choreographer Diego Tortelli, explores our burning desire for deep connection. A journey of raw vulnerability, surrender and trust. SWAY is a rebellion of bodies where the energy of the dancers merges with the heartbeat of the audience.

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Unfold

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Two unique reflections on our world by two visionary choreographers of the moment. A bold, visually captivating evening of dance by Malta’s national dance company.

 

NATION is a groundbreaking artistic collaboration between ŻfinMalta Artistic Director Matthew William Robinson and Azzopardi Studio. In a stark landscape, lost souls ferociously search for what will come after the end. Haunting and razor-sharp, NATION swerves between the intimate and the vast, the delicate and the brutal.

 

SWAY, a new creation by Italian choreographer Diego Tortelli, explores our burning desire for deep connection. A journey of raw vulnerability, surrender and trust. SWAY is a rebellion of bodies where the energy of the dancers merges with the heartbeat of the audience.

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]]> ŻfinDays: MORTAL HEROES https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/zfindays-mar-01-26/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.zfinmalta.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=34660 The post ŻfinDays: MORTAL HEROES appeared first on ŻfinMalta.

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ŻfinDays

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Over two weekends, experience the breadth of ŻfinMalta’s work, and the distinct visions of three European choreographers making their mark in the international dance scene.

 

Week One:  Experience the world premiere of NÁCAR by Paloma Muñoz, alongside BORDER by Matthew William Robinson.

 

Week Two: Audiences can get closer to Sita Ostheimer’s Mortal Heroes as ŻfinMalta presents this profound work in the intimate setting of Valletta Campus Theatre.

Choreography by Sita Ostheimer

In Mortal Heroes, Sita Ostheimer invites us into a visceral exploration of human potential—an odyssey through chaos and love, shadow and light, fragility and force. Her choreography becomes a poetic search for the ‘Other,’ a love letter to resilience, to the human capacity for survival, renewal, and transformation. Crafted with her signature language of movement, layered with evocative music by Adrien Casalis and immersive lighting by Barnaby Booth, Ostheimer’s work creates an atmosphere both intimate and vast.

A charged, pulsating space emerges—tense yet alive—suspending the audience in a state of continuous anticipation. It is here, in this emotionally electrified realm, that the body, mind, and spirit are pushed to their outer limits.
Through dynamic and deeply human encounters, Mortal Heroes unfolds as an emotional collision: delicate yet explosive, aggressive yet tender. Viewers are not passive observers—they are drawn into the work’s rhythm, evolving alongside the dancers, touching something raw and essential within themselves.
In Ostheimer’s process, transformation is perpetual. Beginnings and endings blur, giving way to a ceaseless cycle of becoming—an ever-renewing space where the heroic lies not in perfection, but in vulnerability, courage, and the will to continue.

“The visuals, dynamics, music, and qualities of moving bodies in my work allow dancers and viewers to discover a barely touched realm of their existence and experience the unseen motivation behind all moving forces. In Mortal Heroes, the aim is to create a pulsating and tense space that will put the audience in a high state of unceasing inner excitement and allow them to experience the power and ability of body, mind and movement.”  Sita Ostheimer  

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]]> ŻfinDays: MORTAL HEROES https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/zfindays-feb-27-26/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.zfinmalta.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=34614 The post ŻfinDays: MORTAL HEROES appeared first on ŻfinMalta.

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ŻfinDays

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Over two weekends, experience the breadth of ŻfinMalta’s work, and the distinct visions of three European choreographers making their mark in the international dance scene.

 

Week One:  Experience the world premiere of NÁCAR by Paloma Muñoz, alongside BORDER by Matthew William Robinson.

 

Week Two: Audiences can get closer to Sita Ostheimer’s Mortal Heroes as ŻfinMalta presents this profound work in the intimate setting of Valletta Campus Theatre.

Choreography by Sita Ostheimer

In Mortal Heroes, Sita Ostheimer invites us into a visceral exploration of human potential—an odyssey through chaos and love, shadow and light, fragility and force. Her choreography becomes a poetic search for the ‘Other,’ a love letter to resilience, to the human capacity for survival, renewal, and transformation. Crafted with her signature language of movement, layered with evocative music by Adrien Casalis and immersive lighting by Barnaby Booth, Ostheimer’s work creates an atmosphere both intimate and vast.

A charged, pulsating space emerges—tense yet alive—suspending the audience in a state of continuous anticipation. It is here, in this emotionally electrified realm, that the body, mind, and spirit are pushed to their outer limits.
Through dynamic and deeply human encounters, Mortal Heroes unfolds as an emotional collision: delicate yet explosive, aggressive yet tender. Viewers are not passive observers—they are drawn into the work’s rhythm, evolving alongside the dancers, touching something raw and essential within themselves.
In Ostheimer’s process, transformation is perpetual. Beginnings and endings blur, giving way to a ceaseless cycle of becoming—an ever-renewing space where the heroic lies not in perfection, but in vulnerability, courage, and the will to continue.

“The visuals, dynamics, music, and qualities of moving bodies in my work allow dancers and viewers to discover a barely touched realm of their existence and experience the unseen motivation behind all moving forces. In Mortal Heroes, the aim is to create a pulsating and tense space that will put the audience in a high state of unceasing inner excitement and allow them to experience the power and ability of body, mind and movement.”  Sita Ostheimer  

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]]> ŻfinDays: MORTAL HEROES https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/zfindays-feb-28-26/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.zfinmalta.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=34607 The post ŻfinDays: MORTAL HEROES appeared first on ŻfinMalta.

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ŻfinDays

Book Now
Over two weekends, experience the breadth of ŻfinMalta’s work, and the distinct visions of three European choreographers making their mark in the international dance scene.

 

Week One:  Experience the world premiere of NÁCAR by Paloma Muñoz, alongside BORDER by Matthew William Robinson.

 

Week Two: Audiences can get closer to Sita Ostheimer’s Mortal Heroes as ŻfinMalta presents this profound work in the intimate setting of Valletta Campus Theatre.

Choreography by Sita Ostheimer

In Mortal Heroes, Sita Ostheimer invites us into a visceral exploration of human potential—an odyssey through chaos and love, shadow and light, fragility and force. Her choreography becomes a poetic search for the ‘Other,’ a love letter to resilience, to the human capacity for survival, renewal, and transformation. Crafted with her signature language of movement, layered with evocative music by Adrien Casalis and immersive lighting by Barnaby Booth, Ostheimer’s work creates an atmosphere both intimate and vast.

A charged, pulsating space emerges—tense yet alive—suspending the audience in a state of continuous anticipation. It is here, in this emotionally electrified realm, that the body, mind, and spirit are pushed to their outer limits.
Through dynamic and deeply human encounters, Mortal Heroes unfolds as an emotional collision: delicate yet explosive, aggressive yet tender. Viewers are not passive observers—they are drawn into the work’s rhythm, evolving alongside the dancers, touching something raw and essential within themselves.
In Ostheimer’s process, transformation is perpetual. Beginnings and endings blur, giving way to a ceaseless cycle of becoming—an ever-renewing space where the heroic lies not in perfection, but in vulnerability, courage, and the will to continue.

“The visuals, dynamics, music, and qualities of moving bodies in my work allow dancers and viewers to discover a barely touched realm of their existence and experience the unseen motivation behind all moving forces. In Mortal Heroes, the aim is to create a pulsating and tense space that will put the audience in a high state of unceasing inner excitement and allow them to experience the power and ability of body, mind and movement.”  Sita Ostheimer  

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]]> ŻfinDays: NÁCAR/BORDER https://www.zfinmalta.org/event/22-feb-26/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.zfinmalta.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=34542 The post ŻfinDays: NÁCAR/BORDER appeared first on ŻfinMalta.

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ŻfinDays

Book Now
Over two weekends, experience the breadth of ŻfinMalta’s work, and the distinct visions of three European choreographers making their mark in the international dance scene.

 

Week One:  Experience the world premiere of NÁCAR by Paloma Muñoz, alongside BORDER by Matthew William Robinson.

 

Week Two: Audiences can get closer to Sita Ostheimer’s Mortal Heroes as ŻfinMalta presents this profound work in the intimate setting of Valletta Campus Theatre.

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