work with sensitive groups
Teaching, working,
researching with young people and adults coming from different social and
political contexts
2008-2012.
Since 2008 I started collaborating with
socially marginalized groups and individuals in Serbia: people with
disabilities, war veterans, children coming from difficult social and
economical surroundings and mentally challenged young people and adults.
In these projects I was engaged as dance
teacher, project coordinator, choreographer, author of performances.
2015.
Blue Talk
The project explores the relationship between the society and the
individual and the position in which the individual is placed. As one is
being classified in social groups, according to characteristics such as
gender, nationality, skin color, education ... On the other hand, social
relations are becoming more complex, and thus more difficult for an individual
to navigate. Project was organized and coordinated by
"ERGstatus" from Belgrade in partnership with:"TK Feniks"
from Tuzla, "Ludruga" from Zagreb and "Duša" from
Belgrade. The project brought together users of psychiatric institutions
and artists from the region.
Aphanisis or Not Being There Any More
Selected artists, members of the organization Group Let's ... along
with the participants two dance companies: Croi Glan from Cork, Ireland, and
KP&D from Miami worked together on a project that resulted in the show. All
organizations and individuals who were involved in the project dealing with
contemporary dance forms and expressions, which include people with and without
disabilities. Organization: Group Let's, KP&D, Miami, Florida.
2013-2014.
The Right for Art
Series of workshops and discussions concerning
ones right to be involved performance, dance and theatre as a
professional. The project has questioned the social and legal guidelines
and frameworks that do not allow open access and the right of everyone to be
educated and to work as performer and author in the context of performing
arts.
2012-2013.
Heart Beat hears the Beat
The main objective of the project is to
improve the social inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing young people through
artistic dance and theater work. There will be a three dance events - Maribor,
Zagreb and Belgrade in the period from May 2012 to March 2013. Participants in
these projects will work with different choreographers and so will be familiar
with various dance techniques. It is also an opportunity to deaf and hard of
hearing young people from these countries socialize, dance express and demonstrate
their skills to the public. Production: Cultural association Dance Centre
Maribor, Slovenia.
2011.
Together
Series of
contemporary dance workshops. The participants were people with mixed
abilities, in organization of group "Let's", Belgrade, Serbia.
2008-2012.
Body Frame
Project was inspired by the question: do
diversities always induce misunderstandings and increase distance between
people, or they can also inspire development and creation of a new quality.
Furthermore, the Project also promotes social dialogue, as a way to understand
life context that differs from our own.
"Body Frame" tended to connect
persons with disabilities and contemporary dance professionals. Our idea was to
offer them a chance to jointly create something that will be a new quality
itself. The project was realized through a series of workshops and two
performances in which dancers with and without disabilities were engaged as performers.
