Pearl Calleja
Pearl was born in Malta in 2002. She started dance at the age of five and has trained in classical ballet, contemporary, and Spanish dance, graduating from Seed Dance Studios in 2019. She furthered her studies in contemporary at Dance Arts Faculty in Rome. Pearl has worked with artists including Mauro Astolfi, Michele Merola, Liliana Barros, Sita Ostheimer, Paolo Mangiola, Roy Assaf and Tânia Carvalho. Pearl was also nominated for the Young Artist of the Year Award in the 2022 edition of Premju ghall-Arti, organised by Arts Council Malta. She joined ŻfinMalta as an apprentice in 2020 and as a company dancer in 2021.