Dance Festival Malta is a vibrant multi-disciplinary festival dedicated to nurturing Malta’s dance ecosystem by offering students and professionals a dynamic platform for intensive training and artistic growth, and this Institute is proudly sponsoring the participation of Andrea Costanzo Martini, who will be both performing during DAY 2C and leading a workshop on July 26!
Date: 25th July | Location: Valletta Campus Theatre, Valletta | Duration: 10mins | Audience Level: 8+
The work focuses on the relationship between the body of the performer and the act of being on stage, in a struggle between the search for presence and the feeling of being trapped. Andrea in this work deals with the Gaze of the other, and on how it affects his way of being. Being watched as a trigger for pleasure but also as a petrifying force that holds him on place, under the lights, against his will. Dramaturgically the piece evolves around a text inspired by an Italian tv sale woman from the 90’s placing the work in a very precise context, however not dictating the aesthetics of the movements.
(Tickets purchased for Day 2C entitle ticket holders to view all performances within the Day 2C programme, starting at 7:45pm)
Andrea Costanzo Martini – Choreographer & Performer
Andrea Costanzo Martini is an Italian choreographer and performer born in Piedmont. He trained at Danzicheria in Cuneo, Teatro Nuovo in Turin, and the Heinz-Bosl Stiftung Ballet Academy in Munich. He began his career at Aalto Staats Theater in Essen, later joining Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv, where he performed works by Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal and began teaching Gaga and choreographing. He danced with Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm (2008–2010), interpreting works by Lachambre, Pite, Ekman, and others, and created his first group piece For Men Only. Returning to Israel in 2012, he joined Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak and developed his choreographic voice. His works include What Happened in Torino, SCARABEO, Life in Lycra (Avignon Ballet), Premiere (Balletto di Roma ), Animal In (Modafe Korea), and Blaubart 2.0 (Mir Dance company). Known for blending extreme physicality with irony and theatricality, Andrea’s work investigates power, attention, and objectification. He is a certified Gaga teacher and teaches internationally.
Music, Choreography & Performance: Andrea Costanzo Martini
GAGA DANCERS CLASS | Workshop by Andrea Costanzo Martini
Date: 26th July | Time: 2pm | Location: The Dance Workshop, G’Mangia, Studio DW1 | Duration: 120mins
Class Description
Gaga is a movement language which Ohad Naharin developed over the course of many years and which is applied in daily practice and exercises by the Batsheva Dance Company members. The language of Gaga originated from the belief in the healing, dynamic, ever-changing power of movement, and it continues to evolve today. Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility while lightening the senses and imagination. Gaga raises awareness of physical weaknesses, awakens numb areas, exposes physical fixations, and offers ways for their elimination. The work improves instinctive movement and connects conscious and unconscious movement, and it allows for an experience of freedom and pleasure in a simple way, in a pleasant space, in comfortable clothes, accompanied by music, each person with himself and others.
Workshop Target Audience: Gaga dancers & Gaga people
Level of Experience Required: Gaga dancers: Professional dancers or dance students 17 years old and up | Gaga people: Everyone from 17 up. No experience required.
Genre of Performance: Contemporary
Workshop Led by: Andrea Costanzo Martini