Performance, Installation and Workshop by Florinda Camilleri

Performance:

• Saturday, July 20th at 7:30 pm
• Sunday: July 21st at 7:00 pm
• Sunday: July 28th at 7:30 pm

Inviting all humans to engage in a dance of gratitude composed of movement vocabulary from traditional Gozitan dance, through participation of the Ta’ Ċangura Folk Group of San Lawrenz.

Florinda Camilleri is focusing mostly on the vital yet overlooked Posidonia Oceanica (a Mediterranean seaweed). Through this project, she continues to weave a rich tapestry of movement, technology, and collaborative storytelling, inviting us all to see the world—and ourselves—through a more interconnected lens.

Għalik, Posidonia! aims to celebrate and give thanks to the aquatic plant, Posidonia oceanica. It invites performers, participants, and audiences alike to engage with this more-than-human creature which lies in the deeper waters of the coastline, invisible from Dwejra tower. Posidonia is often perceived by residents as unsanitary and bothersome, though this perception stands to shift when one learns of its invaluable role in Mediterranean ecosystems, including those of Dwejra. Posidonia has been protecting the coast for thousands of years before the occupation of this land for military purposes. Għalik, Posidonia! is a dance of gratitude composed of movement vocabulary from traditional Gozitan dance, through participation of the Ta’Ċangura Folk Group of San Lawrenz.

In recent years, Florinda shifted from traditional dance settings to performing in public spaces. For her, her body is a tool for knowledge making and for communication, and she is always questioning how to communicate human and more than human matters in bodily ways.

Read an interview with her at InEnArt.