Moveo Dance Company was founded by the Artistic Director Dorian Mallia in 2008 and has ever since been producing contemporary work both locally as well as internationally. In 2011, Diane Portelli became one of Moveo’s performers and in 2017 teamed up with Dorian as company Director and Resident Choreographer. As part of its repertoire, the company has produced various original productions including: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Carmen, The Other Door – What’s Wrong, amongst others, which have been presented in various local theatres and international theatres. Most of its repertoire has been presented internationally in London, Berlin, Washington DC, Denmark, Bruno Cz ,Liberec Cz and Romania.  

Moveo has also presented its work at numerous festival and events including: Notte Bianca, Lejliet Lapsi, Malta International Arts Festival, Science in the City, Ziguzajg Kids & Youths Festival, Toi Toi and Chogm. It also has 4 performances listed as part of the Malta Showcase catalogue of Maltese works of excellence. In 2018 directors Doria Mallia and Diane Portelli under Moveo Dance Company, won the prestigious award Premju Ghall- Arti as Artists of the Year. In 2020, Moveo was also awarded the ‘Best Creative Enterprise Award’. 

Moveo operates on a two strand vision where its outreach projects are as important as its theatrical artistic productions. The Company has been involved in various projects with the elderly, persons with disabilities, as well is other members of the community which do not have easy access to the arts. 

Moveo Dance Company’s artistic ethos evolves around searching for the new and that which can capture an ambiguous notion in performance. The constant study of the body in motion is also very essential to our work. It means that what we create is never static and always evolving. The body in performance is most intriguing, as within it lies a whole spectrum of possibilities that include identity, cultural and social behaviors.