MA Professional Practice in Dance

In our lives, we periodically make new beginnings and these beginnings bring us to new unexplored paths that lead to undiscovered treasures. ''Well begun is half done'' the ancient Greeks said and that means that the decision to begin something is already as if you are in the middle of your destination. That is excactly how I feel. When I begin something, I envision as I am already halfway there. My official beginning as a professional ballerina was at the age of seventeen, when I signed my first contract at the National Theatre of Belgrade, Serbia in September 2014. My energetic beginning was my first performance as a professional ballerina on October 15th 2014. I danced in all four acts of Swan Lake  as a member of the corps de ballet. I was very excited and happy and I was recalling all my efforts and hard work of the years before. It was my dream since the age of three and that day, it had already become reality. My next beginning in my career was when I sta...

Hello everyone at MAPP! My name is Jovanka Zarić and I am starting my MAPP in Dance. I am Greek/Serbian and I am currently a soloist at the ballet company of the National Theatre of Belgrade, Serbia. I was born and raised in Greece and I took my first ballet steps at my mother's ballet school in Greece. At the age of fifteen, I moved to Serbia to study at the National Ballet School of Belgrade. I graduated in 2015. In 2014, and while still at school, I started my professional dance career at the National Theatre of Belgrade, as the youngest member of the company. I am really happy and excited to start this journey of studying at Middlesex University. Studying this Master's degree will help me by providing the appropriate skills by letting me delve deeper into the world of dance and by broadening my knowledge at a higher academic level. It will take me a step closer to my goals and dreams and it will help me develop both as an artist and as a person. Good luck to every...