Rebecca Camilleri

 

Born 1986, Malta, she is an artist working with the cross media field of research and creation between

disciplines visual and performing arts. Her practice is focused on conceptual narration and the body

as an archive and documentation. Rebecca is assistant director, performer and research writer of the

rubberbodies collective.

 

Teaching

2012- present Malta Youth Ballet Foundation, Diploma in Professional Dance.

2011- present Visiting Assistant Lecturer, Dance Studies department at the University of Malta.

Education/ residencies

2012 Participant in Odin Week Festival, Holstebro, Denmark.

2011 Scholarship DanceWEB Europe, ImpulsTanz festival, Vienna, Austria.

2010 Dance Symposium on Dance Pedagogy for Arab Speaking countries in Bodrum, Turkey.

2009 UdK - Contemporary Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin.

2007-2010 B.A(Hons) Choreography and Visual Art Practices, Dartington College of Arts, UK.

Performance / installation / theatre

2012

Mrs.Stork and the Mysterious Egg, a children’s theatre performance by the rubberbodies collective

commisioned by Ziguzajg Festival / PERFORMER

-hEx: inverting geometry, an interactive video and performance installation created with Ira

Melkonyan and Anthony Askew, commissioned by Science in the City Festival. / PERFORMER

Old Salt: Portrait of Seamen, an outdoor theatre performance by the rubberbodies collective

commisioned by the Malta Arts Festival / PERFORMER

2011

Dun Karm, a performance installation in collaboration with mavinkhoo dance. / CO-DIRECTOR

Lore of the Sea, performance project in collaboration with Malta Martime Museum./ PERFORMER

Turbulence, Museumsquartier, Vienna. Choreography Keith Hennessy /COLLABORATOR

White Sea, a visual performance, premiered at St James Cavalier, Valletta. / PERFORMER

Rytmii Vitae, a performance installation at the Museum of Fine Arts. / PERFORMER

EUR-908, site-specific dance video, with Anthony Askew, Matthew Pandolfino, Ellen Pillow.

screened at London Short Film Festival 2011 /COLLABORATION

2010

A Revisitation of Grace u Rofflu, launch of the draft of the National Cultural Policy, St James

Cavalier, Valletta. / PERFORMER.

100, a visual theatre performance at Dock One by the rubberbodies collective.

The Girl, the Paper and the Box, Dartington College of Arts. / OWN WORK

 

2009

Grace u Rofflu, by rubberbodies collective, premiered at MITP Theatre, Valletta. / PERFORMER

Take me to your Heaven, together with Louise Ahl, Laura Firby, Mae Hewitt, Nicola Rayworth,

Bekka Saeter and Rowena Tombs. Ada Studios, Berlin. / COLLABORATION

Publications

Echoes of the Oracle.

2012.

Editing and illustrations

A collection of writings merging history and art, reflecting on the ideas and elements which created

the Oracle experience, a sonic concert at Ħaġar Qim temples.

Woven Threads.

2012.

 

Writing and illustrations

A publication analysing the collaborative process between Athanasia Kanellopoulou and the

rubberbodies collective towards the creation of the solo performance Penelope:Dust in Our

Awakened Dreams.

rubberbodies: a trajectory of an artist collective in Malta. 2011.

Writing

A publication which presents the methodologies, devising techniques and the notation used to create

a performance within the rubberbodies collective.

 

 

Community work

2013

ACT, a series of theatre and improvisation workshops in Komunita Santa Marija drug rehabilitation centre./ PROJECT COORDINATOR 

2012

BIG DANCE, a community dance project organised in the UK, teaching choreography routines around schools in Malta / PROJECT COORDINATOR

 

 

 Nicola Rayworth

 

 

Born 1989, England. Nicola is a dance artist with a passion for choreographing and performing dance. Over recent years her work has become more community based through research and exploration of unique genres of dance in the UK and worldwide. Continuing to use the body as a tool for documenting, adopting styles and cultural experience.

• A highly motivated, reliable and committed individual. • A great sense of teamwork developed through experience in various collaborative projects. • Openness to experiment and explore different art forms and materials. Education/ residencies Kook Soh Didim Dance, Seoul. South Korea 2012 Exploration and understanding of the inner expression and historical stories still performed within this traditional dance style.

Unlimited Dance Company, UK. 2010-2011 Collaborator and performer within the contemporary dance company.

DanceEast, UK. 2011 Participant and performer in Arthur Pitta's exploration and rough cut of The Great Dance Marathon, 1920's

Hochschule fur Schauspielkunst ‘Ernst Busch’, Berlin. 2009 An exchange programme in association with Dartington College of Arts.

Dartington College of Arts, UK. 2007- 2010 BA(Hons) in Choreography with Community Practise. Performance

Untitled Dance for film in creative collaboration with Composer Ross Ankers and Director Marc Biedul, UK. 2013- present

'Single Cyber Android Lover' duet at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, supported by Free Fringe. 2011

'Home Again' solo work in reference to those seeking asylum supported by Ipswich Sanctuary,UK. 2011

'Aadier' Directing, choreographing and performing in codified lines and patterns with live drummers, 2010

‘S.M.U.D.S’ dance and voice exploration, Dartington Concourse Festival 2010

Contextual Enquiry project supported by Norwich Synchronised Swimming Club, inestigating land and water choreographic tasks and performance, 2009

'Take me to your Heaven' together with Louise Ahl, Rebecca Camilleri, Laura Firby, Mae Hewitt, Bekka Saeter and Rowena Tombs. Ada Studios, Berlin. / COLLABORATION 2009.

'Fragile' Choreographer and performer created with Pianist David Pepper, on the works by Francis Bacon 2009

‘Delicatessen’ dance collaboration premiered at The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth. 2008

'Naiads’ a choreographic collaboration and site specific performance on the Dartington Estate, 2008 Creative Tutoring in the Community

Research study of traditional Chinese exercise and dance, Xi’an China. 2012

Research study into what genre of dance the community desires, Australia. 2012

Choreographer and tutor with Kesgrave High, leading and developing curriculum classes at G.C.S.E level, UK. 2013

Promoting dance workshops into schools and recruiting new students for Dance Academies with connections to Laban, The Place, Snape Maltings, UK. 2011-2013

Integrate, creating, exploring movement, music, colour and space within a safe and inviting environment with adults from day centres for additional needs, UK. 2010- 2013

WoodBridge School of Dance- weekly classes for mixed ages and levels, Pre Primary Ballet, Contemporary, Boys Company, Mini Urban and Urban Creators. 2010- 2012

Outreach work in school education, topics such as Literacy, World War2, Romeo & Juliet, and Resource Packs, DanceEast. 2010-2013

Project leader and creater in setting up dance within school curriculum, UK. 2010-2011

Running 6 week programmes with young offenders, youth work and day centres for Suffolk and High Suffolk Sports Partnerships, UK. 2010-2011

Activity leader adapting dance for a younger audience, Humpty Dumpty Nursery, UK 2010

Mananaging and leading Dance parties within DanceEast, UK. 2009-2011

Core freelance contemporary and creative dance tutor and choreographer with DancEast, UK. All ages, beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. 2009- 2013

Dance Leader with StageCoach Ltd 2007- 2008

Choreographing and collaborating with a 500 person community of Scouts, Brownies, and Cubs young children and adult leaders. 2005-2007

Sharing Spaces, an ongoing performance research project developed through various community.