ŻfinMalta welcomes you to the first AiR sharing as part of the ŻfinMalta AiR2024 programme! After one week of working in our studios, ŻfinMalta Artists in Residence Moritz Zavan Stoeckle, Sara Accettura and Benjamin Cachia (Banjo Rancho) will be sharing their research and work in progress on ‘Ligo’ on Sunday 16th June at 11:00 , ŻfinMalta Studios.
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For the first sharing of the ŻfinMalta AiR2024 programme, audiences are invited to view and give feedback on ‘Ligo’, a work in progress to be premiered as part of Dance Festival Malta, July 2024. Ligo To bind – to tie – to unite A lecture demonstration sharing the provisional results of ‘Ligo’ during ZfinMalta’s AiR2024, in preparation for a 15 min duet to be performed as part of Dance Festival Malta.
This research residency is inspired by collaborative practice, the merging of tradition with innovation and finding a common ground for different movements and music practices between the three collaborators. “The concept behind our collaboration is to find different ways in which we can connect our dance backgrounds and create a dialogue between different traditions of dance practice. Using our knowledge of contemporary dance and classical Indian dance Bharatanatyam, we are interested in finding hybrid choreographic approaches that can help develop a shared movement vocabulary” Moritz and Sara believe that a fundamental aspect of performing arts is communication. This is why they believe that collaboration can be extremely beneficial, especially when working towards the creation of hybrid choreographies that use a multitude of languages.
About ŻfinMalta AiR2024 programme
The National Dance Company’s AiR programme is now in its seventh season. Established in 2018, the programme offers locally based dance makers a space for research and dialogue. ŻfinMalta welcomes and presents the work of both experienced and emerging artists based in the Maltese Islands, who are currently undertaking choreographic research, to develop and explore their work further in a new context. The ŻfinMalta programme aims to provide the time and space for focus on the creation and development of movement-based work. Beyond the presentation of our first AiR for 2024, expect presented works and research by our next artists in residence: Eve Cocks and Abigail Agius. Watch out for the ŻfinMalta AiR2025 call out for proposals, come early 2025!
About the first ŻfinMalta Artists in Residence for 2024
Moritz Zavan Stoeckle
Moritz’s strongest background is in classical Indian Dance Bharatanatyam. He began practising such art form in 1995 and since then he always sought ways in which he could improve his knowledge of the style. Since 2000 Moritz started performing solo Bharatantyam performances in Europe and later in India as well. In 2005 he started his career as a lighting designer in Venice. The same year he started training in contemporary dance. In 2012 Moritz was awarded the audience prize of the GD’A Veneto (Giovani Danz’ Autori) with a choreography that was mixing elements of classical Indian dance and contemporary dance. In 2018 Moritz obtained a Master in Performance Studies (Dance) at the University of Malta. This allowed him to delve deeper into the craft of choreography. Using his heterogeneous background as an inspiration, Moritz is interested in finding new approaches to develop choreographic material.
Sara Accettura
After achieving a diploma for dance teachers and a Master in choreography in Italy, Sara graduated from London Contemporary Dance School (first class) where she eventually achieved a Master of Arts in Performance. Sara has danced for several companies, amongst them National Dance Company of Wales, Cedar Dance, Diciembre Dance, Combination Dance, Leila Dance and Maddogs Dance. Sara has performed works by Schechter, Galili, Piquero, Cienfuegos, Raz, Khoo, Ronen, Tranter, Zavan Stoeckle, Vella, Sieni, Petronio, Randell, McMIllan, De Schynkel, Bizas, amongst the others. Sara’s works have received various awards, including Fragments the overall winner at the International Dance Championship 2012 (Croatia) and first prize winner The White Butterfly at the Moscow International Dance Competition in 2015. With a strong interest in education, Sara is pursuing her PhD in Dance and Autism at Bedfordshire University (UK). She is the artistic director of Junior Dance Company Bari and Malta, Dance Master Class, and the inclusive project Dance For All (Bari), Assistant Lecturer for the Dance Studies and the Disability Studies departments at the University of Malta, dance leader and board member for Opening Doors Malta.
