Sarah Vella (1987) is a Maltese dancer/choreographer based in Berlin. She has completed her Bsc. (Hons.) in Speech and Language Therapy (University of Malta), her Diploma in Dance Studies (Laban Conservatoire of Dance) and her Dance/movement therapy education (Tanztherapie Zentrum Berlin). Sarah’s artistic practice spans from creating her own work, performing for others to collaborative creations.

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In 2006, Laura Arend joined the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (CNSMDL) and the Jeune Ballet. In 2009, she is accepted at the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York City and flies to the United States for three years.

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Having had the privilege of performing in a few dance festivals overseas over the last 20 or so years I have always hoped that Malta will one day be proud to have its own. I very much trust Francesca’s vision, experience and commitment to this endeavour and hope to attract large audiences with the riveting performances and workshops which will be presented. I particularly hope that audiences will be drawn towards our inclusive performance and Open-Air community performances and workshops at the Lower Barrakka Gardens.

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Vito Alfarano was born in Brindisi (Italy) on January 15th, 1978. From 2000 he began his professional activity as a freelancer dancer and worked with various choreographers: Nicolas Musin, Mauro Bigonzetti, Ismael Ivo, Benjamin Millepied, Micha van Hoecke, Karl Alfred Schreiner, Yaron Shamir, etc.

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Shahar Binyamini is a choreographer and performer. He danced with Batsheva Dance
Company from 2006-2013. In 2016, Shahar began his international choreographic path when he created FLAT for Frontier Dance Land, Singapore.

Athanasia Kanellopoulou is an independent choreographer, pedagogue, and performer. She has studied with a scholarship both at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, London and at Martha Graham School, New York and Spanish Literature and Culture at Hellenic Open University and traditional music (lavta).

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Gavin is a dance and movement artist who has worked across a variety of performance environments during a continuing 16-year professional career. Having developed a unique style that combines his strong foundation in Breaking and intricate movement flows, with an expanding skill set that includes, aerial wire work, stage and screen dramatic combat, and martial arts training, has enabled him to also establish a keen eye for artistic movement direction and creation across multiple genres.

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