Elena Zammit is a graduate of Northern Ballet School, UK, and was among the first intake of students of St Martin’s College Sixth form back in 2007. In 2009 Elena successfully obtained her Matriculation Certificate with Accounting and Computing as her A-levels and Mathematics, Physics, English and Systems of knowledge as her Intermediate subjects. Elena was accepted at the University of Malta to follow a Bachelor of Science in Business and Computing however, her lifelong dream had always been that of becoming a professional dancer. After a successful audition at the age of 18, Elena was awarded a 3-year full scholarship by the Malta Arts Scholarships as well as a Dance and Drama award (DADA) by Northern Ballet School, to attend Northern Ballet School, UK.
Whilst at Northern Ballet School, Elena worked with choreographers including David Needham (ex-principal, Northern Ballet Theatre), Eric Carpenter (ex-principal soloist, Le Lido) and Shannon Lilly-Parker (ex-principal, San Francisco Ballet). She performed with Manchester City Ballet in Giselle (Corp de ballet), Paquita (Soloist) and Coppelia (Soloist). Upon graduation, Elena was offered her first professional dance contract with Celebrity Cruises. She performed in several countries, as a Production Dancer in shows produced by Poet Theatricals, which included Circo Luci SILHOUETTE, Physical Magic VELOCITY and Broadway Nights.
After returning to Malta in May 2014, she joined Moveo Dance Company in September 2014. Elena was one of the dancers in the company’s recent productions, Mindset, See-Quatic and It-Tfajla tal-Ghonnella, and will also be performing in the upcoming performance of Moveo Dance Company, The Other Door- What’s Wrong, Why Not? She is also a dance teacher and currently teaches Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz locally.
Elena has recently decided to continue her academic studies and was accepted at London School of Economics, following a Bachelor of Science, in Business and Management and is expecting to graduate in 2018.