PREMIERE OF THE DANCE PERFORMANCE MOŽIČEK IN SLOVENIA
The dance performance Možiček will be premiered on the stage of the Velenje Festival (Slovenia) on Thursday, December 2nd.
It is a play by Josip Ipavac, choreographed by Professor Aleksandar Ilić from Serbia and Gjergji Pervazija from Albania.
The play is performed by Balkan Dance project players Mojca Majcen and Patricija Crnkovič from Slovenia, Branko Mitrović from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Jakša Filipovac from Serbia. In addition to the dancers, the play features musicians from Slovenia Iztok Kocen, Zoran Bicanin, Urban Krč, Uroš Bičanin and Miha Firšt.
The idea of the organizers and producers is the revitalization of old ballets and the renewal of the work marking the 100th anniversary of the death of the famous Slovenian composer Josip Ipavac.
Gjergji Pervazi and prof. Aleksandar Ilić are currently present on the stage as the most influential choreographers. Pervazi was educated at the University of Performing Arts in Albania, and studied in Paris. He is the founder of the Albanian Dance Theater and a company that encourages contemporary dance in the area and is the director of the Albania Dance Meeting dance festival. He is an assistant professor at the University of Arts in Tirana in the choreography department.
Professor Aleksandar Ilić is a Serbian ballet artist and choreographer, founder and professor of the Belgrade Dance Institute. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance in London. As a choreographer, he has made a large number of productions in domestic theaters and the region. Since 2019, he has been the director of the Cultural Center of Belgrade.
The scenography for the play was done by Matija Kovača from Slovenia and the costume by Aleksandra Karović from Serbia.
After the premiere, the play will be performed on December 22nd in Šentjur and on December 27th in Celje this year.
See more about the play here: https://www.festival-velenje.si/dogodki/12994-Mozicek
