Żfindays 2025: Double Bill
21st February
Double Bill: Kor’sia/Barros
ŻfinDays 2025 – IGNIS, Somiglianza, And the others, one day we played outside for the last time
Double bill, 3 works over 6 nights
Valletta Campus Theatre, 21/22/23/28 February & 1/2 March 2025, 19:30
An annual programme that brings choreographers who are making their mark on the international dance scene to Malta. ŻfinDays 2025 features new works by Liliana Barros (Portugal/Germany), Simon Riccardi-Zani (France/Malta) and the re-creation of ‘Somiglianza’ by Kor’sia (Italy/Spain).
Somiglianza (Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune) re-created and re-staged for ŻfinMalta Choreography, Kor’sia (Antonio de Rosa, Mattia Russo)
Somiglianza (Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune) is an ironic and joyful homage to Nijinsky’s legendary creation and his renowned modern ballet, L’après-midi d’un faune. Combining fin de siècle imagery with exotic staging, Somiglianza questions symbolism in Western society. Nijinsky’s creation of Debussy’s L’après-midi d’un faune, one of the most famous modern ballets, serves as a starting point for Kor’sia to showcase their unique vision of dance iconography. Blending end-of-century imagery with contemporary entertainment, the work is a captivating journey through the history of dance, reinterpreted with a modern and innovative perspective.
Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute of Valletta
Purchase your ticket and attend the Open Rehearsal on 5th February 2025 for free.
Duration: 30 minutes
Age: 5+
Production team
Choreography: Kor’sia (Antonio de Rosa, Mattia Russo)
Music: Claude Debussy – Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune and Alejandro da Rocha
Costumes: Luca Guarini
Set Design and Lighting: Kor’sia (Antonio de Rosa, Mattia Russo)
IGNIS
Concept & Choreography, Liliana Barros
In IGNIS (Latin for fire), we plunge into a world of deep arousal.
In this dance creation for ŻfinMalta, Portuguese choreographer Liliana Barros relies on the relationship of cause and response and sets out to ignite deep energies and channel profound emotions.
We burn inside, we explode.
Let us radiate in our exquisite physical condition in space.
We do not want to hide; we want to amplify. Let it flare up, let it spark!
Is it a poisonous inner impulse or the path to love and salvation?
Let us be kind.
In this shout out, IGNIS reveals itself as a transformative power. The focus is on the emergence of forces, on the flow of energies that cannot be directed, and on channelling them as if into a roadmap for the liberation of all the physicality they contain.
Purchase your ticket and attend the Open Rehearsal on 25th January 2025 for free.
Duration: 30 minutes
Age: 5+
Production team
Choreography: Liliana Barros
Composer: Martin Mitterstieler
Light design: Dali Aguerbi
Costume design: Liliana Barros
Costumier: Linda Rowell
