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THE PATH OF TRAVEL, DANCE,  IN- DEPTH LEARNING & DEEP CONNECTION TO NATURE

I developed a high degree of tolerance for “not getting it right” in dance so I will never teach you to repeat steps after me - but rather facilitate conditions for self- exploration, provide you tools for improvisation and guide your body in creation of unique movements & qualities!
I dare to apply extraordinary approach in teaching dance and that will guide you in a way, that you will most likely be able to express introverted aspects of yourself. By translating emotions into movement you will learn to cherish yourself, without searching for approval from outside.

I've always been an individualist and had a strong need to express my emotions through movement & dance.

By the time I finished my
cultural studies I already went through variety of dance styles: world recognized competitions with a popular show dance company, dancing on TV shows, daily discipline and hard work of ballet & modern dance, daring experimentation during creative processes in contemporary dance ...  In 2005 I even decided to study at Laban dance academy in London!

But besides all these activity and talent I was never completely happy and unable to get rid of the feeling empty inside . I was walking around with stiff & painful muscles always, even though on the outside my movement looked elegant and others perceived my body as being in perfectly fit.  


Through improvisational dance, I discovered the freedom and joy that comes from moving your body without a need to get the steps right or from controlled, disciplined and perfect traditional forms of dance that often push you to the limits.

 

Therefore, I will teach you how to

safely express your emotional states and soften your perfectionist and individualistic tendencies to overcome shyness

and find your

 blissful dancing self

through

direct and honest communication,

sense of humor

and

acute sensitivity to fragile aspects of your character.

 

 

Apart from dancing, I’ve always been

curious of the “world out there”

and felt passionate joy in traveling. 

 

Nothing have seemed more exciting to me than

discovering new places :

isolated & stunning locations, extravagant houses...

Dancing in dessert, coasts, woods, rivers & meeting adventurous people from different cultural backgrounds.


 

Eager to Learn French all by myself, when I was 18

in summer camp in Paris?

Let’s try, no need to be afraid.

 

Backpacking, sleeping on the deck and

camping in Croatian Islands of Dalmatia?

Yeah, that's fun!

 

And why not  to travel by myself to work and

learn different ways of making Greek coffee on isolated island Paros instead of having summer vacations?

Living, earning money and partying in Spanish island of Ibiza!

This and much more was on my bucket list in my early twenties..

From
riding camels and visiting Bedouins in Egypt, boasting with

Turkish Delights in Istanbul, getting lost in

romantic streets of Rome, picking grapes in France and

wandering through Andalusia....

In short, my traveling was restless, adventurous, passionate and ending up in creating a bit complicated personal relationships ...

Despite the fact that I was able to creatively express myself through body and travel without hesitation, from childhood until late twenties, I struggled with, occasional depressions, regular burn-outs and mixed feelings of belonging to places, people and groups. I sought solace in excessive partying and restless lifestyle.

I knew something was
wrong on a deeper - spiritual level.
But having lots of energy, many flexible skills gathered on all those travels and plenty of artistic talents just wasn’t enough to solve my problems in relationships and feelings of being empty inside.

Thankfully, a
Life Purpose workshop in 2012, where I met Brazilian and Slovenian shamans, came along my path. These shamans performed a traditional ceremony with in-depth cleansing that was so profound that besides healing my body and purifying my mind and soul, it encouraged me to quit my regular job, stop with unhealthy habits (such as smoking and excessive partying)and start freelancing.

 

That created a huge shift in my mindset.

I found the ways to reach states of blissfulness,

love and happiness without having to succumb to unhealthy habits.

This experience, with
simultaneous discovery of meditative dance practices: Osho Dynamic and Kundalini Meditation, Dervish, Dance on Fire, Gurdjieff Dances, Ritual Theatre & Ritual dance with horses...completely transformed my purpose and direction in life. I started seeing dance as a tool to support every day creativity, personal self - growth and as an expressive tool for healing unstable emotions. I got over some of my self-limiting beliefs (still working on many - but isn’t that a life time process???) , re-opened my heart, gained back self-love and started to trust and feed my hidden inner artist & nurturer archetype.

And this is not all - from then on, my need to be in touch with nature is inexhaustible!

 

No air, no fire, no earth, no water

=

PRISON FOR MY SOUL!

I now trust that Creativity & Joy come through intertwined path of moving the body and journeying through places - inwards emotionally and outside physically !

 

Which in turn has tackled the borders of my body-mind-spirit practices in Xiamen, discovering  AstroBody & Archetypes through dance improvisation in Tenerife and made me teach Contact Dance in Bali Journey, in squatted areas of Saigon and in Center for Movement Arts in Bangalore.

I can also guarantee you that  most effective learning and deep happiness come from direct and holistic experiences - in establishing true bonds with people from different cultures, by getting in touch with different lifestyles and develop true tolerance and acceptance of self and others.

 

 


 

So what you will benefit from my teachings, workshops, performances, journeys & retreats?

Observing yourself first, before openly confronting others with judgiments!

Trusting that most effective learning comes from direct experience !

Less is more !

 Inventive and creative survival skills !

 Sharing is caring !

Meditation in movement!

OTHER REFERENCES

2017 - Dance Your Intelligence - Scholarly Award Certificate

in recognition of an excellent kinesthetic performance through the language of dance, promoting Sustainable and Regenerative Development for Personal, Organisational and Community Wellness

and classification as means of research translations

PERFORMING VENUES - International

 

Gurdjieff Conference Tbilisi (Dmitri Aleksidze Theatre) - Tbilisi (Georgia)

Imagine Bali (a conscious modern, visual, sound & movement art festival)- Mansion Resort Spa & Hotel - Bali (Indonesia)

Dance for Peace Festival - Bali (Indonesia)

Asian Conference on Interdisciplinary Research 2017 - Bali (Indonesia)

BUEN Festival 2 - Kalimantan Timur (Borneo - Indonesia)

Danca Em Foco - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Mass Box - Xiamen (China)

Santa Cruz - Tenerife (Spain), street performance

Bajamar - Tenerife (Spain) , site-specific performance

TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (Spain)

Cultural Center Vuk Karadzic - Beograd (Serbia)

Kakha Bakuradze’s Movement Theatre - Tbilisi (Georgia)

Videoholica 2014 - Varna (Bulgaria)

Body Unlimited - Novi Sad (Serbia)

PERFORMING VENUES  - Slovenia

Gibalni Inštitut Vija Vaja - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

SNG Nova Gorica - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

Old Power Station (Stara mestna elektrarna) - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Cankarjev dom - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

Wild Secret Location in Dragonja valley  - southern Slovenia / Lent festival  - Maribor (Slovenia) /

Ana Desetnica street festival - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

National Theatre Koper -  (Slovenia) /

Dance Theatre Ljubljana - (Slovenia) /

House of Culture (Hiša kulture) - Šmartno v Goriških Brdih (Slovenia) / Španski borci - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

Skladovnica Theatre (JSKD) - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

Terra Anima - Radomlje (Slovenia) / Studio Vižmarje - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Gospodarsko razstavišče - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

Cafe Teater - Ljubljana (Slovenia) /

Daktari - Ljubljana (Slovenia)

GIVING WORKSHOPS AT/FOR

 

Gurdjieff Conference Tbilisi (Dmitri Aleksidze Theatre) - Tbilisi (Georgia) /

Terra Anima (Society for Deep Ecology) - Radomlje (Slovenia) /

Oziris Healing & Association Lojtra (Detox weekend) - Litija (Slovenia)

WOW Bali - Malaka Lombok (Indonesia) /

Dance for Peace Festival - Bali (Indonesia) /

Asian Conference on Interdisciplinary Research 2017 - Bali (Indonesia) /

BUEN Festival 2 - Kalimantan Timur (Borneo - Indonesia) / Inštitut Vija Vaja (Tango community) - Slovenia / KUD Moave - Slovenia / Center DIH - Slovenia (Izola) / Kulturhus Moi - Norway / Kultursenter Spira - Flekkefjord - Norway / Fičo Balet - Ljubljana / Movement Kitchen - Vietnam - Saigon / Fičo Dance Journey - Indonesia -Bali / ATTAKKALARI - Centre for Movement Arts - Bangalore (India) / 3rd International Interdisciplinary NO BORDERS PROJECT - Tenerife (Spain) / Fičo Dance Journey - (Croatia, Slovenia), site-specific festival / Triko Cirkus Teatar - Zagreb (Croatia) / Fičo Balet - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Festival Bobri 2015 - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Terra Anima - Radomlje (Slovenia) / Roma Community - Grosuplje (Slovenija) / Faculty of Education (Pedagoška fakulteta) -Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Faculty of Arts (Filozofska fakulteta) -Ljubljana (Slovenia) / DSIS - Association of Students with Dissabilities - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / High School Poljane - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Association of senior citizens Moste / (Društvo starejših občanov Moste) - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Palestra d.o.o - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / ŠOU - Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Pilates holistic center - Pilates holistični center Ljubljana (Slovenia) / Športni izziv - Škofljica (Slovenia) / Plesni klub Šin Šin - Kamnik (Slovenia) / Špela Dance Center - Ljubljana (Slovenia)

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