Alumni

First of all, the Belgrade Dance Institute provided me with experience and constant work with many choreographers and pedagogues who passed on incredible knowledge to us. A space for me to express myself as a choreographer, a space for work, opportunities for performance, wonderful mentors who would draw attention to all the things that need to be improved. Working and learning in a family atmosphere, I learned how to position ourselves humanely and professionally in every tense and difficult situation, which is difficult to learn at an early stage of my career. I finished the choreography department and I can already stand behind many of my choreographic works thanks to the Belgrade Dance Institute. Attending the Belgrade Dance Institute is not just about attending college but is the perfect opportunity to work on yourself, learn about art, apply knowledge, open up vistas and prepare for the harsh art world that emerges after graduation. So I am most grateful for the practice that you rarely get elsewhere.

I have enrolled to The Institute Za Umetnicku Igru by November 2018 for Contemporary Artistic Dance Program, Master of Artistic Dance. Currently I am the manager of Aspire Sports Services, a Dubai Based company, Teacher and dance choreographer at Aspire Ballet Dubai, and Artistic director for the several productions of Aspire Ballet Dubai for The End of Year show.Also hosting yearly the Royal Academy of Dance examination for its own students.

As I am very motivated person ,love learning, when I decided to join The institute, I came with knowledge and experience which I got it through my pervious studies and business work, while my studies in the institute my knowledge and experience had been achieved through the researches of each subjects which was extremely relevant to the professional dance community surrounding me as well such as guiding my direction and my skills as Artistic director to help me to improve my end of year project, and it’s shows through the show in June 2019, Coppelia as I used all the topics and tools which I learnt through my studying in the Institute and put them together and show a great performance, following up with the professors feedback helped me to build a professional final project for my exam. It was a great pleasure for me to be a student of The Institute Za Umetnicku Igru.

First of all, I must say that I am immensely grateful for the knowledge, practice, education, time, attention, projects and beautiful memories that were given to me by the Belgrade Dance Institute. In addition to all the lessons and knowledge we have gained with fantastic and infinitely inspiring people who are first and foremost, which is invaluable today, good people and then great professors, we have also gained life experience and knowledge. The diversity of knowledge that the Belgrade Dance Institute provides is a very important aspect of schooling at the institute. The Belgrade Dance Institute gave me the opportunity but also the help to develop unhindered as an artist as a whole.

I am currently a second year master’s student at the Department of Artistic dance pedagogy and I sincerely hope that my final master’s thesis will not mark the end of a surreal journey and cooperation with an Belgrade Dance Institute that I am convinced has huge potential to do even greater things and become a prestigious art academy.

During my studies I acquired a lot of knowledge, experience, great friends, acquaintances, beautiful and unforgettable moments, with the feeling of huge gratefulness for being enabled to study because I was given the opportunity to be a scholarship holder. I am a permanent member and ballet soloist of the National Theatre in Belgrade.

The most important experience I had at the Belgrade Dance Institute was the possibility to learn from different international pedagogues and choreographers. When it comes to personal projects, new ways of thinking have opened to me for work realisation due to the profeessors’ engagement and dedication.

When talking about the projects I participated in while studying at the Institute, I would single out the celebration manifestation of the 80th anniversary of the RTS Symphony Orchestra in the Sava Centre, the performance of the choreography for Carmina Burana.

I am currently the student of Master’s degree studies – Artistic Dance; I work as an associate in a ballet kindergarten.

During my studies I had the opportunity to get acquainted with different foreign lecturers’ contemporary-dance techniques and styles. What is also important is acquiring fundamental education in the field of the history of arts, directing, choreography, dramaturgy and other fields closely connected to artistic dance.

The Institute enabled me to show my work by giving public performances on official festivals, through choreographies, photography, installations, performances and video projects.

The most important impression for me was the performance of Karl Orf’s Carmina Burana in 2017, as well as projects Metamorphoses, Marat Sade, Oedipus Rex, and Bolero Triptych.

I am a Master’s Degree student – IUI Transition Dance Company.

The Belgrade Dance Institute enabled me to work in a new way through working with foreign professors, and getting acquainted with new dancing techniques and practices. It helped me meet and open new vistas of different spheres in art, just as in developing choreographic forms, so in developing my personal potentials.

Upon graduating from the Institute I started working as the contemporary dance and repertoire teacher at the secondary ballet school ‘’Lujo Davičo” in Belgrade.

I also work as a performer for licenced projects of Disney, Warner Bros, and Nickelodeon.

I currently work in the luxury management for a German company in Dubai.

The Institute gave me not only the opportunity to cooperate with world-wide choreographers and performers of both contemporary dance and classical ballet, but also gave me a broader view and understanding of Arts generally.

During my studies, I was given a chance to realise a lot of projects, and numerous performances, competing performances, and theatre plays were awarded.

I currently work as a freelance artist, choreographer, professional ballet dancer and performer.

Studying at the Institute enabled me to work with different lecturers and a certain kind of independence to perform and create today as a freelance artist on the national and international scene. In addition to the acquired knowledge, friendship and colleagues who stay forever are also most important attainment of studying at such an artistic faculty.

I am currently engaged as a part-time associate of the Terazije Theatre, Bitef Dance Company and a member of the international platform Balkan Dance Project.

The most important experience for me were unforgettable moments spent with wonderful colleagues, professors and guest lecturers at the Belgrade Dance Institute. The Institute gave me the opportunity to continue the process of learning, researching and working in the field of artistic dance.

I work as a contemporary-dance teacher in the secondary ballet school ‘’Lujo Davičo” in Belgrade.

The most significant experience I have been given is discovering different ways of approaching research and creating works of art. The Belgrade Dance Institute enabled me to rediscover long-forgotten creativity, to peek into the depths. To get to know myself. To accept myself. To create.

I work as a freelance artist. I am currently in the process of researching for a new dance project.

Working with all those renowned people from the contemporary-dance world and incorporate in my work a bit of their work and style was great pleasure. Each new pedagogue and each new workshop is a unique experience from which I always took only the best. The Institute gave me not only the possibility to practise with great dancers and pedagogues, but also the possibility for getting self-knowledge through other curriculum subjects which were not dancing ones and by that learn something new and express myself in a different way.

Numerous public performances and classes were the experience to remember and I am happy for being one of the rare who got the opportunity for this kind of education.

The Belgrade Dance Institute gave me priceless experience, work, education, projects and above all, friends. Memories and knowledge we have built here give us now the freedom to launch into the world and create. The Institute has taught us to be complete artists. It gave us countless lessons but, above all, the most important one – to believe and never give up.

I am currently a second-year student of the Master’s Degree Choreography studies at the Belgrade Dance Institute. In the final year, I will realise an all-night show called Great Expectations.

The Belgrade Dance Institute provided me with good practice, valuable experience with ballet pedagogues and dancers from outside Serbia, gave me self-confidence and a lot of beautiful moments in the work process.

I have already been working in the secondary ballet school ‘’Dimitrije Parlić’’ in Pančevo as a contemporary-dance teacher at the Classical Ballet Department and as the assistant of the school principal for the third year now. In addition, I occasionally teach ballet classes to young children and stage movement in an acting school.

The Institute has shown me that we have very high-quality artists in our country and that nothing is impossible to achieve and do with a little creativity and a good team around us.

The Institute has got a high-quality team of professors who know how to transfer knowledge properly, and that is what is most important in my opinion. The most important thing, and what the Institute taught me in addition to the knowledge I gained, is to believe in myself and my abilities and qualities.

The Institute showed me through creative work how to get to know myself and how to make progress.

During my studies at the Institute I was able to meet visiting professors from different countries of the world, their various styles of modern dance, and acquire knowledge from great dancers, choreographers, and pedagogues. Thanks to our full professors, we learned about various areas of art so that we can bring together the knowledge about artistic dance.

The most significant experience are performances throughout Serbia, and I would especially like to single out the participation in the event marking the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the RTS Symphony Orchestra in the Sava Centre, during which Carmina Burana was performed.

I am currently engaged as a lecturer on contemporary dance and classical ballet classes for children aged 5 to 14 at the Allegro Ballet School in Podgorica.

In January 2020 I am starting my internship at the Art School for Primary and Secondary Music and Ballet Education “Vasa Pavić” in Podgorica.

I mastered numerous new dance techniques at the Belgrade Dance Institute. I am happy to be able to transfer knowledge from the Institute to my native Macedonia as well as to the United Arab Emirates where I work now. I met many new colleagues and lecturers, which is another success in my dance career. The professors at the Institute are wonderful. I hope that one day I will cooperate with my former colleagues and that we will pass on knowledge to younger generations together.

I currently work at the Brooklyn Melodies Music Center (a dance and music school) located in Dubai. I teach ballet, contemporary dance and hip hop.

Firstly, I acquired new knowledge given by extraordinary professors. Then, the Institute enabled me to be in the team of the Youth Ballet, the first dancing company for classical ballet in Serbia.

I also work as a soloist of the National Theatre ballet, a pedagogue and a classical-ballet tutor, as well as a pedagogue at the Terazije Theatre.

Above all, the Institute provided me with education at an extremely high academic level. I expanded my knowledge and experience just as in the field of artistic dance, so in general artistic education. It enabled me to view the artistic dance in various ways and thus discover hitherto unknown ways of research and creation.

So far, I have realised numerous choreographies for theatre and television. I would like to single out the choreographies for musicals during the last two years: Broadway pranks in 2019 – Terazije Theatre – Belgrade; Once upon a time in Banat in 2018 – National Theatre “Toša Jovanović” – Zrenjanin; Grease in 2018 – Cankarjev dom – Ljubljana.

Choreographies for TV shows: Your Face Sounds Familiar in 2019; MAC – Music Awards Ceremony in 2019; Beovizija in 2019.

The possibilities for developing in a multidisciplinary way at the Belgrade Dance Institute are unlimited, which I confirmed with my own experience during my undergraduate studies. With its professors’ great attention and its own funds, the Institute made the realisation of numerous author works possible during the studies, including the play Persecution and Murder of Marat Sade, the choreography Venus in Fur, the installation Hunter’s Monster, a video work Towards the Light and many others. The work Venus in Fur was awarded for the best choreography of the April Meetings in 2019.

During my studies, I collaborated with artists in the fields of visual arts, photography, videography and installations, while exhibiting my works in the Student Culture Centre and at my first solo exhibition in the Magacin Culture Centre. I am currently collaborating with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade as a performer at the retrospective exhibition of Marina Abramović, The Cleaner.

Being a part of the Institute was a great experience because of all the professors who teach at it and all the visiting pedagogues from whom I had the opportunity to learn. At the Institute, I acquired great knowledge of dance, the stage and everything that is needed to become an artist. I am very grateful to the entire team of the Belgrade Dance Institute for everything it has made possible for me. I am currently employed as an instructor at the New Dimension Scuba in Malta.

In addition to the knowledge and experience gained at the Belgrade Dance Institute, I would like to single out that it stimulated my imagination and creativity, which influenced my improvement path and guided my further artistic development.

I am a student of the Master’s degree studies in Artistic Dance at the Belgrade Dance Institute. I am a ballet champion at the National Theatre in Belgrade and I am also engaged in pedagogical work.

The Belgrade Dance Institute is the best choice for additional development and specialisation. My choice at the Institute was Ballet Pedagogy, so that I can be a ballet pedagogue when I stop dancing. All the subjects taught at the Institute are extremely important because they contribute to the professional improvement and education of each student and are closely connected to the work we perform.

The Belgrade Dance Institute gave me the opportunity to cooperate with lecturers from abroad and to get familiar with world dancing practices, techniques and experiences. As one of the first-generation students, I had the chance to study together with colleagues of different age and experience, which influenced not only diversity of attitudes and opinions within the group but also work dynamics that was contributed by the professors.

I currently work in the BITEF Dance Company and as a contemporary dance and repertoire teacher in the Secondary Ballet School ‘’Lujo Davičo”. I also work on projects of the independent dancing scene.

The Belgrade Dance Institute made me get to know myself better, to realise how much I can and what I want. I have learnt much and discovered new dimension in my choreographic creating. Above all I had the chance and was honoured to meet many renowned and respected choreographers, ballet pedagogues and dancers who shared their professional experience selflessly with us students. They introduced us to numerous dance techniques through the system of exercises for building the body of a ballet dancer. BDI has provided us with freedom of creativity and play, which is necessary for the overall development of an artist – dancer – choreographer. I achieved freedom, absolute freedom of expression. It’s one of the most significant characteristics I’ve acquired and without which I don’t think an artist can exist.

It is my honour to belong to the first generation of the BDI because it reflects a group of talented, skillful and creative young people who diligently and proudly defend the title they achieved at the Institute.

The most important experience acquired ate the Institute is self-knowledge. Strength, both mental and physical, has been trained to the maximum and reached its best in terms of stamina. After three years of studying at the BDI, one is ready to face all the challenges life can produce. Creativity becomes a lifestyle due to numerous and various subjects that encourage it. Analysis and synthesis are the basics of choreography so that they are practised at the Institute at the same extent and are developed simultaneously and at par with each other.

I am a representative of DDT Creative Centre for Movement. Significant projects in the last five years are Life on sale, Venus in Front of a Mirror, Dance Macabre, Pannonian Saga, and Top Secret.

I currently work in the American company Young Living as an education assistant for raindrop massage for Europe.