About me
CAN AN IMAGE CATCH EMOTIONS OR IT IS JUST AN ILLUSION?
Sardinian by nationality, my name is Melanja Palitta - founder of Balans LaB a creative lab born from movement, transition, and the search for balance.
Trained as a dancer in Florence, I moved to the Netherlands in 2006, where my path shifted toward visual storytelling. In 2008, during my transition from the performing arts to the digital world, I created Balans LaB. That shift taught me something essential: balance isn’t stillness, it’s motion. Just like riding a bike.
Since then, I’ve worked on a range of artistic and commercial campaigns, primarily as a video editor. I shape fast-paced, cinematic stories with rhythm and emotion, an intuitive approach rooted in movement.
Editing, for me, is a form of connection. When the rhythm aligns, we communicate, we share, and something deeper comes through.
I also create documentary work that allows me to explore emotion and rhythm in a more personal way, always with collaboration at the core.