Beginnings

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 started getting my first soloist roles, just a year later. Every new role I danced brought me more and more new energetic beginnings. A great turning point in my career was when I debuted as Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty on June 6th 2017. This was the moment I was waiting for since I got into the company. This day brought me many new beginnings in my career. This day brought me my promotion to soloist. I felt happy, emotional and proud of myself. New experiences, new conditions and many changes have come to my life as a dancer since then and I believe that this was the effective beginning of my career.

All these beginnings brought me to journeys and destinations that I always hoped and desired to be. But certainly, my goals and dreams cannot stop here. As life goes on, there will be many more beginnings to come and one of them is my beginning of the MAPP- a new path, a new challenge, a new goal.

Jovanka