JELENA ALEMPIJEVIC

EDUCATION

• National Ballet School in Novi Sad 2004-2008

• Teacher Training College Novi Sad 2008-2013

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Performance

 

New Dance Forum of Serbian National Theatre

• „Pop It Up“ Choreography Dragana Bulut 2013-present

• „Shampagne and Strawberries“ Choreography Rosana Hribar and Gregor Lustek 2010-present

 

Serbian National Theatre

(Ballet, Drama)

• „Don Quixote“ Choreography Giyula Harangozo 2010/2011

• „Timon of Athens“ Director Gorcin Stojanovic 2010/2012

 

DaNS ensemble

* Ensemble dancer since 2009 – 2013

 

Teaching

National Ballet School in Novi Sad

• Contemporary dance teacher on the departmant for Contemporary dance 2011-present

 

Studio for Creative Dance

• Contemporary dance teacher and rehearsals director for DaNS ensemble 2011- 2013

 

Freelance teaching

• Noumerous workshops for local dance schools (Groove, Point Dance, Neodance...) and CorpArt- Croatian dance organisation based in Osijek.

 

Choreography

• 4 Now – 20 minutes site adaptive piece premiered on „Night Of The Museums“ in Novi Sad 2013

• Night of Musical - Choreographed exerps of various Musicals. Made for Drama department of Serbian National Theatre. 2013 and 2014.

• Invisible Mirror - full lenght piece made for National Ballet School. Co-author Aleksandra Ketig. 2012

• 2 HOME - Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in Belgrade 2010

• Social Illusion – Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in Belgrade 2009

• Co-author and author of DaNS ensemble performances 2011-present

• Concerts and anual shows for National Ballet School in Novi Sad 2011-present

 

Video

• Co-Directed and Choreographed Music video “Babel” for post rock band Wolfram 2013.

• “Cooltura – Culture in movement” Video dance performance as a part of initiative to revive forgotten historical treasures in District of Vojvodina 2013, Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad.

• “Azotara” Experimental film that questions the perception of light and body in movement. Director: Ada Kobusiewicz, 2013.

• “4Now” short dance film inspired by original site adaptive piece, 2013.

 

WORKSHOPS/MASTER CLASSES

 

2013.

 

• Sascha Krausneker-Feldenkrais method

• Francesco Scavetta, Laura Aris, German Jauregui, Angelique Willkie and Francesca Harper – Impulstanz festival

• International dance week Budapest

 

2012.

• Igor Podsiadly- Partnering and injury prevention

• Sascha Krausneker – Feldenkrais method

• Ka Rustler – Contact meets contemporary festival

• Jasmina Prolić, Marie Laure Agrapart, David Thole – Summer intensive Orleans

• Nikolina Pristaš- Whatever Dance Toolbox software

• Russel Maliphant - Belgrade Dance Festival

 

2011.

• Risa Stainberg, German Jauregui - Impulstanz Festival

• Anton Lachky - International youth theatre festival Pula

• Jasmina Prolic - Dance and Non-Verbal Theatre Festival Svetvincenat

• Benjamin Jarret – Grounding techiques for freer movement

• Random Dance Company - Company repertoire

 

2010.

• Ashley Fargnoly: Using dance for social change

 

2009.

• Isira Makuloluwe – Release based movement

• Hillary Blake Firestone - International youth theatre festival Pula

• Agneiszka Dlugoszewska and Kenneth Brunn Carlsons - Johan Inger's „Position of elsewhere“

 

2008.

• Zoran Marković - Mats Ek and Z. Markovic repertoire

• Leo Mujić - Ballet class and Mujic repertoire

• Rossana Damiani – Tools for imrovisation

 

2007.

• Elke Shepers and Yvan Dubreuil - Jiri Kylian repertoire

• Summer intensive course at Pecsi Muveszeti Szakozepiskola.