Dr. Vesna Bajić Stojiljković
Ethnomusicologist / ethnochoreologist
Intermedia Artist
Music & Dance pedagogue
Choreographer and Artistic leader
Director
Resume
Vesna Bajić Stojiljković (25/5/1979) completed master and doctoral studies at the Department of Ethnomusicology at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade. She has a variety of interests involving preserving Serbian cultural heritage through traditional dance and music that span across ethnomusicology,
ethnochoreology, folk dance choreography, organising cultural events and educational projects. She is the initiator of the development of the field of stage folk dance in ethnochoreology in Serbia.
Vesna launched the department Stage folk dance and music at the Belgrade Dance Institute where she is a head of department and teaches ethnochoreology and choreographic composition.
In Koper, coastal city in Slovenia, she established the Academic cultural-artistic society 'Kolo' in 2007. She has been its artistic leader and choreographer until now. Her idea is to promote cultural heritage of the Balkans on different occasions in Slovenia, offering highly professional and substantial performance.
Lectures
Topics:
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Serbian and Balkan traditional dance
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Folk Dance Choreography
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Kinetography Laban
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Ethnochoreology
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Serbian and Balkan traditional music
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Traditional Serbian and Balkan music on accordeon
Practical and theoretical.
Languages
Serbian
Slovenian
English
Italian
Membership
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International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), Study group on ethnochoreology and Study group on music and dance in Southeastern Europe.
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International Council of Kinetography Laban (ICKL).
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Ethnomusicological Association Folk Slovenija.
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Associate member of Matica Srpska, department for stage art and music, Novi Sad, Serbia
Training & Workshops
For the purpose to develope dance technique, practical skills and knowledge about Serbian and Balkan dance tradition, to acquire knowledge about choreographic-compositional principles and procedures that are used in processing traditional dances in the recognizable form of folk dance choreography.
Workshops of different scope and purposes are suitable for:
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young and adult folk dancers,
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leaders of children and adult folklore groups,
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choreographers,
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music arrangers.
Books
Monography Stage Folk Dance and Music (in Serbian Scenska narodna igra i muzika), Institute of Musicology Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2019.
Edition: Serbian Folk Dance Choreographers
1st monography: Desanka Desa Đorđević
(Serbian choreographer, folk dance teacher and professional dancer)
Coauthorship with Maja Krasin. Agency "Koreos", Belgrade, 2014.
2nd monography: Maestro Branko Marković
(Serbian choreographer of folk dance and ballet)
Coauthorship with Maja Krasin Matić. Agency "Koreos", Belgrade, 2017.
PhD thesis: Processes of (re)defining structural, dramaturgical and aesthetic aspects of stage presentation of traditional dance and dance-music in Serbia, Faculty of Music, Belgrade, 2016 (in Serbian).
MA thesis: From original notation of traditional music and dance to its adaptation, treatment and composition (traditional music and dance in cultural-artistic societies and institutions in Serbia), Faculty of Music, Belgrade, 2006 (in Serbian).