Borna Babić Croatian freelance performer, choreographer and teacher based in Brussels, will conduct guest lectures on contemporary dance at the Belgrade Dance Institute from January 15th to January 19th, 2024.
After his studies at Codarts, Rotterdam (2018) he worked as a professional dancer with Marina Mascarell and Club Guy & Roni. Currently he is working with Olivier de Sagazan as performer in “La Messe de l’Âne” and is part of Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus since 2019, performing in “Die Bakchen”, “Traces”, “Hands do not touch yourprecious Me” and “Scattered Memories”.
As a choreographer, he was commissioned to choreograph the dance movie “The end does not see” (2021) for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. Same year he created his first full- evening performance “Okvir”/“The frame” for Zagreb Dance Company. His independent work “AMAE” (2022), created together with Eliana Stragapede, won the 1st place on The Copenhagen International Choreography Competition and Production Awards by Nederlands Dans Theater and Holstebro Dansekompagni. Furthermore, at Rotterdam International Choreographic Competition 2023, it got awarded with Partner Awards by Codarts and Dansateliers.
Nurturing his passion for teaching, he holds various workshops across Europe of contemporary, partnering and improvisation, as well Ultima Vez repertory. In 2022, he gotcertified as Countertechnique teacher.
Photography David Kalwar