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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text] WHAT INSPIRED VOYAGER? I grew up in the 1980s, at a time when space exploration was on everyone's mind and science fiction, already an established genre, provided us kids with inspiring and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text] ŻFINMALTA'S VOYAGER: AN INTROSPECTIVE JOURNEY Forty-one years ago, American astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan came up with the idea of sending a time capsule into outer space that would give intelligent life...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]In the new ŻMDE production Carmen, choreographed by Jose Agudo, to dance the role of the famous protagonist is Yasmin Priyatmoko Bohn: charismatic and energetic, the dancer brings on stage a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text] January 20, Valletta 2018 Opening Week ŻfinMalta Dance Ensemble, Malta's national dance company, is warming up for its first big show this year, which has been specifically created for the celebrations marking...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]The new work by Jose Agudo for ŻMDE is a contemporary dance creation inspired by the story of Carmen, protagonist of one of the most famous operas ever composed by Georges...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]The award-winning choreographer, Jose Agudo, ŻMDE Associate Artist, talks about the company's new upcoming production, a contemporary dance adaption of the original story of Carmen: the rebellious and beautiful protagonist of...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]New artistic director Paolo Mangiola is proud to announce the Malta national dance company's schedule for December 2017 and May 2018[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/243273230"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text]ŻfinMalta Dance Ensemble has a special mission for...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]As the year is drawing to a close, we would like to share with you our little successes throughout 2016 in our education and outreach strand. The company commenced the year with...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Over the past year, dancers and choreographers from ŻfinMalta collaborated with Valletta 2018, The Malta Maritime Museum and local filmmakers and designers to produce "Tafal," a forthcoming short film series. The inspiration...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1586438905338{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Blogger Marc Buhagiar better acquaints himself with the genre of contemporary dance by attending one of ŻfinMalta's rehearsals. Read his thoughts below...