CELEBRATION OF DANCE
On the occasion of World Dance Day, which is traditionally celebrated around the world on April 29th, the Belgrade Dance Institute will present a concert Celebration of dance, which is dedicated to dance, the joy of creating dance and all fans of movement. The concert will be performed on the stage of the Opera and Theater Madlenianum, starting at 8 PM. Students from the Belgrade Dance Institute and the Youth Ballet Company are taking part in the concert.
The concert will be opened by the famous waltz by Tchaikovsky from the ballet Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by ballet master, pedagogue, and choreographer Amalia Mindrutiu (Romania). After that, some of the most beautiful ballet variations from famous ballets will be performed, such as the Raymonda variation from the Raymonda Ballet, the Spanish Dance from Swan Lake, and Pas de trois Odalisques from the Corsair Ballet.
In the second part of the concert, the second act from the ballet Swan Lake will be performed. The main roles will be played by Nastasja Ivetić as Odette (2nd year undergraduate student at the Belgrade Dance Institute), Ahmed Yehia as Prince Siegfried (First soloist at Cairo Opera and Ballet, and MA student at the Belgrade Dance Institute), while the role of the evil wizard Rothbart will be performed by Ognjen Vučinić (Professor of Contemporary Dance at the Belgrade Dance Institute).
The Youth Ballet Dance Company was founded in 2019 within the Belgrade Dance Institute with the aim of educating and promoting elementary and high school students in the area of Belgrade and Serbia. The head of the company is ballet master Amalia Mindrutiu (Romania), with the assistance and cooperation of ballet pedagogues Milica Bezmarević and Mila Stijak. The accompanist for the Youth Ballet Dance Company is Ana Spremić.
Tickets for the concert at a price of 1000 RSD can be purchased with a reservation by calling the number: 011/4140 421 every working day from 9.00 to 17.00 or by e-mail teodora.zivkovic@iui.rs