16th Dance Days Chania
ZfinMalta National Dance Company / Sita Ostheimer
«Mortal Heroes»

16th Dance Days Chania
International contemporary dance festival

ZfinMalta National Dance Company / Sita Ostheimer
«Mortal Heroes»
(Malta/ Germany)

Wednesday July 22nd 2026 | 21:30
"Mikis Theodorakis" Τheatre

In Mortal Heroes, Sita Ostheimer invites us into a visceral exploration of human potential- an odyssey through chaos and love, shadow and light, fragility and force. Her choreography becomes a poetic search for the 'Other,' a love letter to resilience, to the human capacity for survival, renewal, and transformation. Crafted with her signature language of movement, layered with evocative music by Adrien Casalis and immersive lighting by Barnaby Booth, Ostheimer's work creates an atmosphere both intimate and vast.

A charged, pulsating space emerges-tense yet alive-suspending the audience in a state of continuous anticipation. It is here, in this emotionally electrified realm, that the body, mind, and spirit are pushed to their outer limits. Through dynamic and deeply human encounters, Mortal Heroes unfolds as an emotional collision: delicate yet explosive, aggressive yet tender. Viewers are not passive observers-they are drawn into the work's rhythm, evolving alongside the dancers, touching something raw and essential within themselves.

In Ostheimer's process, transformation is perpetual. Beginnings and endings blur, giving way to a ceaseless cycle of becoming-an ever-renewing space where the heroic lies not in perfection, but in vulnerability, courage, and the will to continue.

Choreography: Sita Ostheimer
Composer: Adrien Casalis
Light Designer: Barnaby Booth
Costume Designer: Holly Knowles
Rehearsal Assistant: Elena Martello
Production Coordinator: Tillmann Becker

Dancers: Andrea Biagioni, Martí Blanco Romeu, Pearl Calleja, Lidia Caricasole, Lotte La Haye, Mario Manara, Alessandro Pellegrinelli, Elisa Ruffato, Amber Van Veen, Simon Riccardi-Zani

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