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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 14 APRIL 2024 3 DANCE ŻfinMalta dancers have landed at the 2024 Belgrade Dance Festival! THE ŻfinMalta team are cur- rently in Belgrade, Serbia and will be participating in the 21st edition of the Belgrade Dance festival on 9th and 10th of April. The ŻfinMalta dancers will be closing the Belgrade Dance festival with sold out theatre at Bitef Theatre. The Belgrade Dance festival has commenced on 9th March, and a total of 19 companies from 14 countries, with over 30 new choreographic works, are pre- sented in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Thrghout the years, this festival has gained its audience, since its founding, over 500 choreo- graphic realizations have been presented, while every year the shows were followed by 20.000 spectators. This is a great opportunity for the Maltese national dance com- pany to be in the limelight of such an important event in the contemporary dance scene. Żfin- Malta is proud to be amongst chosen performances staged by prestigious national and for- eign Companies. Through this world-known festival, ŻfinMalta continues to attract the recogni- tion it deserves. Ten ŻfinMalta dancers, under the artistic direction of Paolo Mangiola, will be performing Utopia, a unique contemporary piece choreographed by Ema- nuel Gat, which premiered in Malta at the Manoel theatre last May. "It's an honor to be invited to the 21st edition of Belgrade Dance festival, and even more so to close the event with such a powerful and beautiful work by Emanuel Gat, a choreography which translates utopian soci- ety, where one is able to grow and show themselves in a micro society. We are truly grateful to represent Malta's talent on a global stage and we couldn't be more excited about showcasing the best of what Malta has to of- fer." said Paolo Mangiola. Our dancers will be headed on another tour to Reggio Emilia for Dance season festival where once again they will perform Utopia by Emanuel Gat on 17th April at Teatro Ariosto, Reggio Emilia. ŻfinMalta is nearing it's 10 year anniversary and the com- pany will be closing off the sea- son with a grand performance in collaboration with Ballet D'Jerri at the Manoel Theatre on 24-26 May under the artistic direc- tion and choreography of Paolo Mangiola. For further information, Kindly reach out to Suzanna Nikolic, Marketing Executive at NAPA.