Dance The Dance We Dance

The youngest visitors of the Street Musicians Festival will also be offered good energy and an interactive dance during the performance Dance The Dance We Dance. The creator of this show is Neda Popović, the choreographer and dance instructor from Novi Sad (two years ago, on the Festival, she organized the program Get Lucky Flash Mob!), while the kids who participate in the show Dance The Dance We Dance come from several Novi Sad dance studios (Studio Five, Partizan 2, Profesional and Heart Dance Team).

Neda explains: “Dance The Dance We Dance last about 45 minutes. It will be a performance which will through story and dance remind kids of the forgotten street games. In time of modern technologies, internet and smart phones, children far too rarely play with one another, until they find the treasure chest hiding old games and a rag doll which will reveal the magic of playing hopscotch, jump-rope, Duck… Duck… Goose! Through a number of explanations and choreographies, the children will learn how to have fun this way. At the end of the performance, the children from the audience will be invited to try out the presented games with the help from the kids participating in the play.”

Neda Popović was born in Novi Sad, where she graduated the Faculty of Technical Sciences. Parallel to that she danced, so that for over 17 years she is an active dancer, instructor and choreographer, and we can say with the utmost confidence that it is her first and true calling. She is most interested in performance and theatre, greatly helped by the scholarship from the American dance school Jacob’s Pillow, which she attended during the summer of 2014, when she worked with renowned Broadway choreographers. She collaborated with the Priština National Theatre, and the Culture Center in Novi Sad, and she also set up the musical for children Matilda with dancers from Studio Five (her current employer). Neda is also doing competitive choreography, with which she won several championship titles and runner-up champion of Europe and the world. She was the choreographer and stylist for the national representative on the Children’s Eurovision Song Contest in Cyprus 2008.