Artist in Residence

Applications for AiR2025 are now open

 

ŻfinMalta’s Artist in Residence (AiR) programme is now in its 8th season. As part of ŻfinMalta’s Artist Development programme, AiR focuses on meeting the needs of today’s locally-based artists coming from any artistic discipline or movement background.

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The National Dance Company is offering locally-based artists the time and space for bespoke residencies in 2025. ŻfinMalta welcomes both experienced and emerging artists based in the Maltese Islands, who are currently undertaking movement research, to develop and explore their work further in a new context. AiR aims to provide a tailored experience of practice, research and dialogue, an opportunity for artists to focus on movement research in relation to the world around us.

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Residents

2018 / Sergiu Matis

2019 / Rochelle Gatt, Zoe Camilleri, Benjamin Ord, Ana Jezabel Carreira, Colectivo Lamajara

2020 / Rochelle Gatt, Deborah Falzon & Julienne Schembri, Anna Adam

2021 / Chakib Zidi, Patsy Chetcuti, Alicja Sośnia

2022 / Francesca Saraullo & Margerita Pulè, Sarah Vella

2023 / Sarah Vella, Charlene Galea & David Grech, Valentina Cauchi

2024 / Sara Accettura & Moritz Van Stoeckle, Eve Cocks, Abigail Agius

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Colectivo Lamajara

“Super happy with the experience, it was a real pleasure to be in Malta.”

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Sergiu Matis

During the residency in Valletta I was invited by Paolo Mangiola, to share my practice, the Visible Thinking Body (VTB) through a workshop for the company dancers. The environment provided a rich and inspiring base for the exploration of the VTB tools, which are different ways of navigating and thinking about the body in motion. ‘What moves us today, how do we stand, and what are we standing for?’ were questions for reflecting on the importance of dance in our time. The dancers attending the residency workshop were open to exposing their self-exploration in motion, and had a very personal attraction and fascination with dance which encouraged my physical, ethnographic research further.”

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Rochelle Gatt

“… so meaningful at this stage of my career. I am really motivated to share even further with the dance community in Malta.”

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Ana Jezabel Carreira

“A perfect beginning to our process. I am really happy and it is because of the work that goes into opportunities like this that artists can survive.”

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Zoe Camilleri

“This is a great initiative that will help young and emerging creators and artists and give them dedicated time to experiment with their work. The week helped me to focus my thoughts and ideas and put them into physical form. It also allowed me the space, time and finances to get people on board with this project and experiment in collaboration. I truly appreciated it!”

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Benjamin Ord

“Many thanks for all your help, it has been a great week being on the residency!”

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information and to discuss the ŻfinMalta Artist in Residence programme, please contact our Education & Outreach Officer, Martina Zammit on martina.d.zammit@zfinmalta.mt 

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