The Dance Workshop
The Dance Workshop – Academic Year 2025/2026
ITA on Tour Malta - Friday 19th to Sunday 21st September
First Day of Autumn Term 2025 - Thursday 25th September
Mid-term break - Monday 3rd to Wednesday 5th November
Malta Cecchetti Awards - Sunday 30th November
Cecchetti Ballet Exams - tba
Modern Theatre Exams - tba
Last Day of Autumn Term - Saturday 20th December
First Day of Winter Term 2026 - Thursday 8th January
Midterm Break - Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th February
Last Day of Winter Term - Friday 27th March
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First Day of Spring Term 2026 - Monday 13th April
Last Day of Spring Term - (Nursery to Grade 4) Wednesday 24th June
​Last Day of Spring Term - (Grade 5 upwards) Saturday 27th June (VCT performance)
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Summer Intensive 2026 - Monday 29th June to Friday 3rd July
Recent Events
The Dance Workshop held its annual Summer Intensive between the 30th June and 4thd July 2025. The guest teachers this year were Nathlie Gaubert-Calabro who taught the ballet classes and Elena Bolelli who taught the contemporary dance classes.
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Ms Gaubert is a highly experienced Ballet teacher and former professional Ballet dancer with international experience. She has been a lecturer and international Ballet teacher at Codarts in Rotterdam. Nathalie started her dance training in the French conservatoires and was later accepted into the “Ecole national superior of dance” in Marseille under the direction of Roland Petit. She was later trained by Marika Bresobrasova in Monte-Carlo.
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Ms Bolelli is an artist in the field of performing arts, with a career that spans dance, choreography, and teaching. She has participated in various international productions in Sweden, UK and Israel. She earned her degree from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and, in 2018, completed a Master’s in Performing Arts at NSCD. In 2024 she completed a Master's in Performing Arts Entrepreneurship at the University of Bologna. Elena shares her passion for dance through the Gaga Movement Language, offering classes in various locations across Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
Other teachers included Flavia Meazza (Modern Dance), Sue Vassallo (Hip Hop), Sandra Mifsud (Yoga), Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud (Repertoire) and Erica Muscat (Drama).
2025 Performance
In 2025, The Dance Workshop's performance was held on 30th March at St. Agatha's Auditorium in Rabat. This year, the performance was entitled "A Cultural Tapestry" with dances inspired by different countries in the world
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The performance started with a children's ballet, created by Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud, inspired by the Maltese legend L-Gharusa tal-Mosta.
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Jade Farrugia choreographed a piece representing South Africa with her young Contemporary dancers, whereas Francesca Rubei's choreography reminisced the outsback in Australia. Sue Vassallo presented three Hip Hop pieces, depicting the United States, England and South Korea. Pamela Kerr choreography was inspired by the North African women and entitled "Il-Mara Gharbija"
​The ever-growing Modern Dance section of The Dance Workshop depicted Love and Heartbreak in Paris, a choreography created by Diane Portelli, who was assisted by Thea de Gray.
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Sara Accettura's choreography portrayed images related to her native country - Italy with the dance Radio Italia.
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Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud honoured the Polish composer Frederic Chopin with an excerpt from the ballet Les Sylphide, originally choreographed by Michel Fokine and adapted by Theresa to close the performance.
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Excerpts from the children's ballet "L-Gharusa tal-Mosta" created by Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud for the performance
"A Cultural Tapestry". Choreography by Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud, Pamela Kerr, Francesca Rubei, Diane Briscoe Pace, Jade Farrugia, Cloe Bonello, Nicola Saliba and Thea de Gray
Video by John Xuereb, edited by Lucien Stafrace
Past Events
ITA Malta Special Edition 2024
During the last weekend of summer, The Dance Workshop hosted a very prestigious course as part of the International Talent Award (ITA) event, which will be held in Cattolica, Italy between the 20th and 23rd February 2025.
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Our guest teachers were
Ms Gaia Straccamore, former Étoile with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Dance Company and Ms Staccamore is now Classical Repertoire teacher at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Ballet School
Mr Michele Vegis, former artist with Teatro alla Scala Dance Company Milano. Mr Vegis is the Ballet Master for Bolle & Friends and also an Ambassador for ITA on Tour.
Ms Elena Bolelli a Certified teacher in the Gaga method - a movement language developed by Ohad Naharin Ms Bolelli guided the students whilst they explored dance through a method which focuses on connecting sensations and passion to movement.
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The scope of ITA is to give dance students the opportunity to work with experts in the field and for them to be scouted and encourage to further their studies. We were delighted that over 80 students from 12 different schools in Malta and Italy attended this intensive 3-day course in Malta.
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Click here for more information about ITA
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Michele Vegis, Gaia Straccamore and Elena Bolelli with Theresa-Lungaro-Mifsud​​
Summer Intensive 2024
The Summer Intensive 2024 was held from Monday 1st July to Friday 5th July 2024 at The Dance Workshop studios in Guardamangia.
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Our guest teachers this year were Diego Cardelli and Simone Donati. Both are wonderful teachers, who have valuable experience in the dance world. Over 60 students attended this special week, obtaining new skills and a wonderdful dance experience. As usual the Summer Intensive also had top local teachers on our faculty, including Theresa-Lungaro-Mifsud, Sue Vassallo, Gabriele Farinacci, Erica Muscat and Christina Cefai.
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The Dance Workshop's annual performance was held on 26th November 2023 at St. Agatha's Auditorium in Rabat. This year, the performance was entitled "Unforgettable" and dedicated to women who have affected us and inspired us in so many ways.
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The performance started with a children's ballet, created by Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud, honouring the memory of Princess Nathalie Poutiatine, who was so important to the development of dance here in Malta.
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Francesca Rubei choreographed a ballet celebrating the life of Hedy Lamarr, an Austro-Hungarian American film actress and inventor. Sue Vassallo presented three Hip Hop pieces, dedicated to Michelle Obama, Cleopatra and Amelia Earhart. Pamela Kerr paid tribute to the 29 femicide victims in Malta with her emotional piece "Lest We Forget". She also choreographed a piece dedicated to French composer, conductor and music teacher, Nadia Boulanger.
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The ever-growing Modern Dance section of The Dance Workshop celebrated the life of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, a choreography created by Diane Portelli, who was assisted by Diane Briscoe.
Two contemporary dance pieces were created by Sara Accettura and Jade Farrugia. Sara's dance remembered Maria Montessori, who revolutionised early childhood education, whilst Jade's choreography honoured the women who played important roles within NASA for the last 100 years.
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Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud also produced another two dance pieces. The first one was dedicated to the diarist Anne Frank. The second honoured one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century - Carla Fracci. This was an excerpt from the ballet Giselle, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and adapted by Theresa to close the performance.
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