Żfindays 2025: Double Bill
28th February
Double Bill: Riccardi-Zani/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).
And the others, one day we played outside for the last time
Choreography: Simon Riccardi-Zani
And the others, one day we played outside for the last time continues a series that began in 2022 with Ones, in the shade of sandcastles, a new choreography for ŻfinMalta, followed by Plus Ones, at the anchor of water lilies, commissioned for the Franco-German pavilion at the Malta Biennale 2024.
This piece reflects on what’s left behind — people, dreams, and landscapes. After carving out spaces for new meanings in Ones and inventing new stories in Plus Ones, what remains when we finally step out of our personal sanctuaries? How does the real world appear, and is there still room for exploration, play, dialogue?
Supported by the Embassy of France in Malta
Duration: 30 minutes
Age: 5+
Production team
Choreography:
Dramaturg/Assistant Choreographer: Alix Coudray
Costumes: Zoe Camilleri
Light design:
Filmmaker and Director: James Vernon
Purchase your ticket and attend the Open Rehearsal on 8th January 2025 for free.
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 February 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
