Pearl Calleja

Pearl Calleja Company Dancer ŻfinMalta National Dance Company Photo: Kurt Paris (http://www.kurtparis.com)

Biography

Pearl Calleja was born in Malta in 2002. She started dance at the age of five and has since trained in classical ballet, contemporary, and spanish dance and graduated 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, Emanuele Soavi, Roberto Scafati, Francesca Pennini, Roy Assaf & Tania Carvalho. Pearl was also nominated for the Young Artist of the Year Award in the 2022 addition of Premju ghall-Arti. She joined ŻfinMalta as an apprentice in 2020 and as a company dancer in 2021.