Author Archives: Geraldine Spiteri
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 2022 !
We wish our esteemed clientele, family and friends a very happy Christmas, and we also hope that 2022 will be an even better year.
2021 started under a rather dark cloud – we did not know when, and how, we would reopen our stores to you and while you have continued to be our loyal customers, we must admit that we have struggled.
We want to thank you for your continued loyalty and for the support you gave us. Further, we Read More...
Back to school – autumn is here!
Schools in the performance / arts communities are reopening in Malta and this is such a relief. Although children have to wear masks, which can be a bit difficult when the activity involves strenuous exercise, it is always better than not being able to continue with tuition at all.
At The Ballet Shop, we have stocked up for all forms of dancewear for different forms of dance, but remember that if you have a uniform requirement for a particular school, Read More...
Bouncing Back – Life after COVID-19
I have not written here in a while, the confines of trying to keep busy during the last one and a half years while locked inside having driven me crazy.
My COVID journey was long. Less than one week into the dreaded limited human contact (not a full lockdown but schools and offices and everything else, were closed on 17 March 2020), I fell of my bicycle and went into 6 weeks of using a steel brace and crutches as Read More...
COVID and the Arts
A year has passed since COVID has hit the island here in Malta. We followed suit after a number of countries did.
The arts were among the biggest sectors to suffer – dance not being the least. We’ve not only had theatres close, but dance and other performing arts schools were closed, alongside ‘contact sports’. Recent articles have attempted to justify the lack of business sense, giving little recognition to the artists’ needs to express themselves.
So far, we have only Read More...