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13 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 5 FEBRUARY 2020 CULTURE AFTER a successful session with Dr. Scott deLahunta, Her- itage Malta and ŻfinMalta are inviting Arthur Dumas for the third Movimento appointment which is being held at MUŻA at 6.30pm tomorrow. Arthur Dumas is an actor, performer and a theatre-maker based in France. He trained at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris, which specialises in mime and physical theatre. For the last three years, Du- mas has been coming to Malta regularly since he forms part of the theatre company Teat- ru Triptiku where he performs physical theatre works. Having already participated in the first session of Movi- mento, Dumas believes that the initiative of this project opens a beautiful space for sharing and research between artists from all horizons. He considers movement as life. Bodies move and react to everything, to the environ- ment, to others, to thoughts, to emotions. During this month's session of Movimento, Dumas intends to show how movement allows us to translate life as it is on stage. The form of this master- class is intended to be fun and educational. This event is recommend- ed for anyone (recommended age 12+) who is curious about dance and how movement is given life. It should also interest stu- dents who are studying any form of contemporary art, teachers who are intent on growing their spectrum of knowledge, and individuals who have shown an openness in keeping movement, and crit- ical thinking alive in their lives. Price is set at €10 (€8 for stu- dents, seniors and Heritage Malta members). Tickets can be acquired at h t t p s : / / s h o p . h e r i t a g e m a l t a . org/ MUŻA is located at the Au- berge d'Italie, Merchant Street, Valletta. For more informa- tion, visit www.heritagemalta. org Who are you (now)? I am an actor, a performer and a theatre-maker based in France. I trained at at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris, which specialises in mime and physical theatre. What relationship have you had or do you hope to build with ZfinMalta? I have been coming to Malta regularly for 3 years as I form part of the theatre company Teatru Triptiku (directed by Jacob Piccinino), and we have already performed several physical theatre works here. From my first visit, I had the opportunity to discover and follow the work of the national dance company as a spectator. We had the opportunity to collaborate with the dancers of ZfinMalta and thus to meet through work. Last year, the artistic director of ZfinMalta, Paolo Mangiola, and his team invited me to participate in the first edition of Movimento. The experience was exciting and very joyful. I find that the initiative of this project opens a beautiful space for sharing and research between artists from all horizons and I am honoured to be part of it. My relationship with ZfinMalta is a conversation, a research space where the questions relating to the practice of an art are shared with everyone and a history which continues to be written (and which, I hope, will continue for a long time). Tell us a story about you and dance. Dance was the bridge that led me to become the artist that I am. I started acting from a very young age, falling in love immediately. I must have been 14 years old when I was advised to take dance lessons, in order to perfect my acting through my relationship with the body and space. So I started taking contemporary dance lessons which opened up a whole new world to me, a world in which I found a freedom that I did not know with theatre. But, still, theatre held a special place in my heart… So I kept dancing, and I kept acting. Until the desire and the « quest » for a common place between dance and theatre led me to physical theatre. There I discovered an approach and concrete tools that allowed me to reveal the artist that I am and allow me to explore areas - on stage - that bring together awhat seems to me unique in dance and in the theatre. And I think what unites them is movement, in its widest sense. How would you describe your relationship to movement? Everything moves! Movement is life. Bodies move and react to everything, to the environment, to others, to thoughts, to emotions ... I have become a great observer of movement - of movements. I try to stage them to produce something that everyone can recognise through them: life as we know it. What are you planning to present tomorrow at MUZA as part of Movimento? We will see how movement allows us to translate life as it is on stage. I call this process " transposition". We will see, through 5 steps common to dance and theatre, how to make life is presented on stage, and open our poetic and sensitive look on art. The form of this masterclass is intended to be fun and educational. I'm sure we will have a great time together! Transposing life, theatre and dance One-on-one with Arthur Dumas