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Sofija Fekete

Since 1983, permanent member of the National Theater in Belgrade. Gaduated from Lujo Davico high school of ballet in Belgrade. Soon after entering the theater, she becomes a ballet soloist. With numerous roles in plays such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Who's Singing There, The Lady of the Camellias, A Midsummer Night's Dream and many others.
In 2014, she retires as a ballet soloist of the National Theater and becomes a full-time teacher of character dances at the Lujo Davico high school of ballet.
During her work at the National Theater, she won awards for participation in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Giselle, Triumph of Aphrodite and Cattuli Carmina.

Silvia Džunja graduated from the High Ballet School in Novi Sad, studied at the Faculty of Philosophy, and got employed at the National Theater in Belgrade. She performs in Ballet productions, both classical and contemporary repertoire, takes part in Drama and Opera performances, at numerous domestic and international festivals and events. Roles like Little Swan’s Pas de Quatre, Czardas in Swan Lake ballet, White Cat, the Fairy of Passion, Canary in Sleeping Beauty ballet, Russian Dance in The Nutcracker ballet, Time in Alexander ballet, Tinker Bell in Peter Pan ballet, and Pirate in The Pirate ballet are among the roles where she has made an impression on the audience. Married and a mother of three, she engages in writing in her free time.

Teodora Spasić

Graduated from the Primary Ballet School “Dimitrije Parlić” in Pančevo, class of Ivana Pezelj, then the Secondary Ballet School “Lujo Davičo”in Belgrade in 2011. in the class of Marija Milovanović Bajčetić. She participated in numerous national and international competitions: International competitions in Istanbul, where she won the 3rd prize, competitions in Berlin “Tanzolimp”, in Rome “Premio Roma”, in Varna, and won first prizes at the Republic competitions in 2008. and 2010., as well as laureate prizes in 2007. and 2008.
After finishing school in June 2011., she passed an audition and became a member of the ballet of the National Theater in Belgrade. Already in the first season, she played several solo roles, and in the following season, 2012/2013, she started playing leading roles. Some of them are Klara in "The Nutcracker", Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty", Svanilda in "Coppelia", Kitra in "Don Quixote", Gisela in "Gisela", The Bride in "Who’s singing over there", Gamzati in "Bajadera" and many other titles and roles.
From the National Theater, she received the Radomir Vučić Award for artistic achievements in ballet of the National Theater in 2015.
and commendations for work of exceptional and special importance (2014/2017/2022).

Principal Ballet Dancer at National Theatre in Belgrade

Date of birth:19.08.1983.
Place of birth: Novi Sad, Srbija


Graduated from the State Ballet Primary and Secondary School in Novi Sad in 2001. in the class of Vera Fela (classical ballet) and Dragan Jerinkić (classical repertoire). While attending the Ballet Secondary school, he became a scholarship holder of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad and was included in the entire repertoire of the theater as a young high-school talent.

In 2001. Jovica successfully passed the audition for JBF (Jeune Ballet de France) and began to work on a play “Cadet ball” with pedagogues Jean-Paul Gravier, Eric Camillo and James Amar. The play has been performed in Novi Sad and Belgrade, and all the decor and costumes were gifted from the London City Ballet.

Right after graduating from Ballet school, he got an engagement in the Serbian National Theater as a ballet soloist and performed numerous solo roles there.

In 2005. Mr. Konstantin Kostjukov, the director of the Ballet of the National Theater in Belgrade, invited him to become a permanent member of The Theater, a ballet soloist. Soon after that, he signed a contract as a Principal Ballet Dancer at National Theater in Belgrade and began to build his career there.

He has won numerous awards that justify his work, namely:

2005 - Dimitrije Parlić Award for artistic interpretation in the play "Who’s Singin’ Over There", choreographer Stasa Zurovac-Croatia
2007 - Award of the National Theater in Belgrade for the result in work of exceptional and special importance
2010 - Dimitrije Parlić Award in for artistic and technical interpretation in the Ballet "Step lightly", choreographer P. Lightfoot and S. Leon - Netherlands
2010/2011 - Radomir Vučić Award for artistic achievements in Ballet at the National Theater in Belgrade.
2010 - Award of the National Theater in Belgrade for the role of Prince Siegfried in Ballet "Swan Lake"
2012 - Milorad Mišković Award for the artistic contribution to the realization of the main roles in Classical Ballet
2019 - Silk Road Festival Award in China for technical and acting achievements in the play "Paquita", choreographer M.Petipa

Sofia Matyushenskaya
Winner of the International Competitions.
Born in 1996 in Chisinau.
Academy experiences:

In 2015 graduated from the Moldovan National Choreographic College (class of E. Kern).
Trained at the Milan Academy of Dance (Italy) "АUB" ballet academy.
In 2020 received a higher teacher education (Chisinau).

Competition experiences:

Winner of the VIII International Ballet Competition named after A. S. Lifar (Ukraine, 2011).
Winner of the IV International Competition Istanbul Ballet (Turkey, 2014).
Work experiences:

From 2013 - 2015 touring with "Ballet de Moscow" under the direction of T. Faiziev.
Since 2015 has been an artist of the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater named after Leonid Yakobson.
Since 2016 has been a leading soloist of the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater named after Leonid Yakobson.
Since 2022 has been a leading soloist of the National Theatre in Belgrade. Serbia.

Classical ballet:
Don Quixote (Kitri) - production by Johan Kobborg based on choreography of Marius Petipa
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Sapphire Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa and Jean-Guillaume Bart
The Nutcracker (Princess Masha, doll) choreography by Vasily Vainonen
Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, Pas de trois) choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
The Queen of Spades (Lisa) - choreography by Iñaki Urlezaga
Pas de deux - choreography by Leonid Yakobson
Giselle (Giselle, peasant pas de deux, variation of Zulma, Monna); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Pas de trois on music by G. Rossini - Choreographic Miniatures by Leonid Yakobson
"Pas de deux" to music by W. Mozart - choreography by Leonid Yakobson
"Pas de deux" Flames of Paris - choreography by Vasily Vainonen
"Italian pas de deux" - choreography by Anton Dolin
La Bayadère (Gamzatti variation, Trio of shadows) - choreography by Marius Petipa
Le Corsaire (Medora, pas de deux , Odalisque Trio) - choreography by Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa
Coppelia (pas de deux) - choreography by Arthur Saint-Leon

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Once a dancer, forever a dancer

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Some love stories have been born on the dance floor 💗

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Love for ballet: Big enough that is unstoppable.

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Back to 2021 when we danced the Covid away

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Our ballet seminar has a five-year long tradition and is held twice a year, in August and December, with professional dancers from the National Theater in Belgrade.
So far, in these last five years, over a thousand children of all ages have attended the seminar, to whom we have managed in a very short time to provide professional education and incentives to engage in this profession.

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See you on 22.08. in Belgrade

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