LIVING DANCE RESIDENT FACULTY

Emma Loftus
(L.I.S.T.D. Cecc.,PdB 1, S.D.S.)

Emma trained at the Kate Simmons School in the UK and graduated with teaching qualifications with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance and the Spanish Dance Society.

Emma currently holds the Licentiate teaching qualification in Classical Ballet (Cecchetti) and Instructor de Baille (1).

Before moving to Malta, Emma joined the Vienna Festival Ballet company touring the UK and Europe and spent time as an apprentice with the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky USA.

Emma taught at various dance schools in the UK and Malta not only working towards annual exams but also creating work for performances and festivals.
Resident faculty at Living Dance Malta for 10 years.

Choreographer for many productions including: Peter and the Wolf (Manoel Theatre) Carnival of Animals (St James) Porn the Musical (Indescarf), Hairspray, High School Musical, Ali Baba, Cinderella, Allo' Allo', Are You Being Served, Chicago, My Fair Lady (FMT) 100 (Teatru Anon), More Four Play, Four Play Four (DnA) Glorious, Midsummer Night's Dream, Wizard of Oz,  (MADC) Some Explicit Polaroids, Sepja (Unifaun), Dance Fusion (Alegria), Honk, Dazzle, Hair, Legally Blonde, Oliver! Dracula Spectacular, Beauty and the Beast, Jesus Christ Superstar (Stagecoach Malta) 

Vice Principal  and Master Teacher at Helen O'Grady Malta
Workshops with the Autism Association.
Taught English through Drama at Youth.inc
Kreattiv project teaching English through drama with St Nicholas College.
Teacher at Creative Dance Studio and Incite Motion.

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Sarah Vella

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Sarah Vella is a dancer/choreographer and therapist from Malta, based in Berlin. Sarah has completed her Bsc. (Hons.) in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Malta, her Diploma in Dance Studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and her Dance/movement therapy education at Tanztherapie Zentrum Berlin. Sarah has been based in Berlin since 2011, where she has worked on various dance, site-specific, film and opera projects as a dancer and choreographer.


Sarah has presented her work in Malta (Notte Bianca Festival, Spazju Kreattiv), England, Italy, Norway and Germany (100Grad Berlin Festival, Nah Dran series, Theaterforum Kreuzberg). As an artist, she is very interested in exploring authenticity on stage and genuinity in improvisation and throughout the creative process. As a dance/movement therapist, Sarah organises various community workshops,/projects for different age groups, namely individuals with autism and with dementia. Her upcoming project is a research residency for Maltese teens, as part of the Spazju Kreattiv AiR Programme, in collaboration with Agenzija Zghazagh. She is also currently working on a new project with M-R-S Collective, on a dance/film project with Peter Uhr and she continues to teach dance workshops and work as a freelance dance artist and therapist in Berlin, Malta and abroad.

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More info: www.sarah-vella.com