p e o p l e
irena ristic
born in 1970 in belgrade/serbia. graduated in 1992. at the academy of drama arts, department of theatre directing (university of art belgrade).
she finished
postgraduate
studies
of
psychology
of art
(m.a. faculty of philosophy, university of belgrade) and
specialized
education
in the field
of psychodrama. worked with professional ensembles in city theatres of belgrade, krusevac, vrsac, becej, banjaluka and hall in tyrol. major projects includes: "room of the little fears" 09, "saga"/czkd belgrade 06, "rigor mortis"/museum of contemporary art belgrade 2005, "on the way... seeking"/washerei p, austria, 03. "kangaroo skin shoes" belgrade drama theatre 2000; "men at the table"/rex belgrade 96; "man ist man"
b. brecht / bdt 1996, "love of perlimplin and belisa"
f. g. lorca/becej 94, "quartet"
h. muller/bdt 1992 etc.
during the `90, she initiated two experimental theatre
meetings (agora 94/becej and ppp fest 96/belgrade) and gained significant
experience in the field
of acting pedagogy and participative art working for
unicef, ballet school "lujo davico" and academy of art belgrade.
since 2000. she collaborates with laboratory of experimental psychology in
belgrade, moderating a serial of empirical researches of creative process
in different art disciplines. founder and programme director of hop.la!
andjelka nikolic
born in 1977 in smederevska palanka/serbia. graduated in 2002 at the faculty of philology
(department of french language) and in 2004 at academy of drama arts (department of theatre and radio directing) university of belgrade. worked in theaters in belgrade,
kikinda and vrsac. major theater projects include: “i am my own wife” by
doug wright, “cheated” after jovan popovic.sterija, vucjak by miroslav krleza, “marriage”
by n.v.gogol, “dawn” by ivo vojnovic. directed several radio plays for radio belgrade,
such as: “what we are searching for” and “in the sand” by vladimir simic, “the story
that makes you blush” after biography and works of danilo kis. continued education
at the courses and workshops held by world experts. member of association of
drama artists of serbia. co-founder and programme coordinator of hop.la!
biljana kovacevic
born in 1986 in belgrade. finishing faculty of philology in belgrade,
serbian language and literature department. focused on writing, journalism and cultural management. she had worked as "x-press" head editor , and associate of net magazine „leaven“, publication of student union „consonant“, special edition of "politika" and week magazine „vreme“. in 2007, she worked as organizer of bitef poliphony within
the programme
„me and you + something in beetween“,
and became permanent associate of hop.la!
ah.ahilej
duo founded in 2002. in belgrade. electro sound of black cabaret. untill 2008, they published few editions: "super life", "home made music", "rigor mortis" & "objectively worse edition". performed in museum of contemporary art in belgrade/05,
refract festival in belgrade/06, bibliotheca alexandrina within the forum of independent artistic groups,
egypt/06,
czkd belgrade/06 and pavillion "cvijeta zuzoric" belgrade/07.
performers and music support in theatre projects of hop.la!