Bolero, Sarajevo

Bolero, Sarajevo or shortened Bolero is the name of a theatre show produced by the East West Theatre Company from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Tala Dance Center from Croatia.^[1] Authors, choreographer Tamara Curic from Zagreb, Croatia and director Haris Pasovic,^[2] created a dance performance in which Sarajevo and choreography impressed with Maurice Béjart's work are in interaction.^[3] They were largely inspired by the flux of Sarajevo, Ravel's music and 'Béjartesque' swinging bodies. Performance included dancers from Zagreb who regularly collaborate with the TALA Dance Centre, actors of the East West Theatre Company from Sarajevo, and the members of the Sarajevo National Theatre's Ballet Company.^[4]

Bolero, Sarajevo
Poster for East West Theatre Company's production of Bolero, Sarajevo
Company	East West Theatre Company and Tala Dance Centre
Genre	Theatre
Show type	Dance
Creative team
Director	Haris Pasovic
Choreographer	Tamara Curic
Set designer	Lada Maglajlic
Costume design	Oshyosh
Lighting design	Haris Pašovic Muamer Čaušević
Sound Designer	Nihad Mahmutović
Photography	Amer Kuhinja
Cast	Ognjen Vučinic Ivana Miletic Mihael Mateescu Lidija Stevanovic Amar Selimovic Maja Izetbegovic Irma Alimanovic Nusmir Muharemovic Maja Zeco Nevena Rosuljas Emir Fejzic Edis Zilic Sabina Sokolovic Danijela Bibic Dina Ekstajn Zvonka Skrabin Domacinovic Zvonimir Kvesic Tomislav Pesut Mark Boldin Jovana Milosavljevic Aleksandra Smiljanic Evgenij Gaponjko Bojan Valentic
Other information
Executive Producer	Ismar Hadziabdic Tamara Curic
Financial Coordinator	Sanela Brcic
Official website

Haris Pasovic, Sarajevo theater director and drama professor at the Academy of Performing Arts, injected this predominantly dance production with occasional humorous monologues, in which the people of Sarajevo tell intimate stories about their post-war lives.^[5] This performance was created to commemorate the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.

Bolero, Sarajevo opened international gathering of choreographers, dance artists and groups "Platforma" in Zagreb in 2008.^[6] During this occasion, the show was performed on the stage of festival partner, Zagreb Youth Theatre^[7][8] and received predominately positive critiques in a number of major Croatian newspapers.^[9] Bosnian premiere was held April 6, 2008 in Sarajevo - on the anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo.

The original cast of “Bolero, Sarajevo” consists of the following soloists: Ognjen Vucinic, Ivana Miletic, Mihael Mateescu, Lidija Stevanovic, Amar Selimovic, Maja Izetbegovic, Irma Alimanovic, Nusmir Muharemovic,^[10] Maja Zeco,^[11] Nevena Rosuljas, Emir Fejzic, Edis Zilic,^[12] Sabina Sokolović, Danijela Bibic, Dina Ekstajn, Zvonka Skrabin Domacinovic, Zvonimir Kvesic, Tomislav Pesut, Mark Boldin, Jovana Milosavljevic, Aleksandra Smiljanic, Evgenij Gaponjko, and Bojan Valentic.^[13]

References

1. Tala Dance Center: Program Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian) (accessed December 19, 2011)
2. The University of Iowa: The 2009 North African Reading and Lecture Series: Tunis/Morocco/Sarajevo(accessed January 16, 2012)
3. East West Theatre Company: Bolero (accessed December 14, 2011)
4. Giuliana Cesarini Pro Art: Compañía de Teatro "East West" (in Spanish) (accessed December 14, 2011)
5. Nina Ožegović (20 October 2008). "Uzvišeni plesni bolero postratnog Sarajeva" [An elevated bolero dance in a post-war Sarajevo] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
6. Response d.o.o.: Bolero, Sarajevo in Zagreb Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Bosnian) (accessed December 14, 2011)
7. Bolero, Sarajevo Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian) (accessed December 19, 2011)
8. PlesnaScena.hrSans na otvaranju Platforme mladih koreografa (in Croatian) (accessed December 19, 2011)
9. Sarajevo-X: "Bolero, Sarajevo" Impressed Zagreb Citizens (in Bosnian) (accessed January 16, 2012)^{[permanent dead link]}
10. ZenicaBlog: Nusmir in Angelina Jolie's Movie (in Bosnian) (accessed January 16, 2012)^{[permanent dead link]}
11. Maja Zeco BlogSpot: "Maja Zeco"(accessed January 16, 2012)
12. National Theatre Tuzla: Edis Žilić (in Bosnian) (accessed January 16, 2012) Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
13. Sarajevo-X: "The play Bolero, Sarajevo in Zagreb" (in Bosnian) (accessed December 19, 2011)