The Dance Workshop
The Dance Workshop – Academic Year 2026-2027
Summer Support Programme 2026 - Tuesdays and Thursdays up to 3rd September
ITA Malta Special Edition 2026 - Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th September
Autumn Term 2026
First Day of AutumnTerm 2026 - Monday 28th September
Midterm Break - Saturday 31st October to Wednesday 4th November
Cecchetti Malta Awards - Sunday 29th November
Cecchetti Ballet Exams - Advanced 2 on Saturday 28th November (tbc)
Pre-Primary to Grade 3 and Intermediate Saturday 5th December (tbc)
Modern Theatre Exams - December (dates to be confirmed)
Last Day of Autumn Term - Saturday 19th December
WinterTerm 2027
First Day of Winter Term 2027 - Monday 4th January
Studio Rehearsals - Sunday 17th and Saturday 23rd January
Theatre Rehearsals - Friday 29th and Saturday 30th January
Performance 2027 "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Sunday 31st January
Midterm Break - Friday 5th to Wednesday 10th February
Last Day of Winter Term - Saturday 20th March
SpringTerm 2027
First Day of Spring Term 2027 - Monday 5th April
Last Day of Spring Term - Wednesday 23rd June
Summer Intensive 2027 - Monday 28th June to Friday 2nd July
Recent Events
The Dance Workshop held its annual Summer Intensive between the 29th June and 3rd July 2026. The guest teachers this year were Stefania Sansavini who taught the ballet classes and Otis Carr who taught the contemporary dance classes.
Other teachers included Charlotte Carpentier (Modern Dance), Sue Vassallo (Hip Hop), Skye Sperandeo (Commercial), 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
The performance started with a children's ballet, created by Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud, inspired by the Maltese legend L-Gharusa tal-Mosta.
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.
Sara Accettura's choreography portrayed images related to her native country - Italy with the dance Radio Italia.
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.
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