The mental strength of Mrs. Edith Eger (94) or – The choice is yours!

personSlađana Milošević
history7 minutes reading
We are in a critical moment of history with possibility of a new world war. Sad and upsetting. Especially, it all comes after two years of pandemic, which was not easy for none of us. In these difficult and challenging times, we are all trying to find ways to cope with it. Browsing Facebook I have just found this video…
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Do You Ever Stop Being a Dancer?

personSlađana Milošević
history3 minutes reading
Recently Suzana came across an interesting article in the Dance Magazine: “The Dancer Identity: Do You Ever Stop Being a Dancer?” When do we call ourselves dancers? When do we stop to be dancers? The author told us her story and she put few excellent points there: “Dancers have excellent time management skills, are both creative and pragmatic, collaborate well,…
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Dancing as Couples Therapy

personSlađana Milošević
history5 minutes reading
I had the idea that my dear long time friends write this article. They are a married couple with three PhD titles: she has two and he has one! A few years ago, they started with dance classes. I clearly remember how pleasant those dance classes were for them. I have come up with this title that Suzana and myself,…
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Dance and me – PhD. Natalija Radivojevic Banovic

personSlađana Milošević
history3 minutes reading
Natalija Radivojevic Banovic, PhD. is psychologist, HR educator, gestalt psychotherapy student, mum and a dancer. For Dance and City, she talks about how good dancing has brought her. “Dance has been with me since I know about myself. However, it is not easy for me to put into words everything that dance has brought into my life and that it…
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Deaf dancer

personSlađana Milošević
history3 minutes reading
We have reached the beginning od 2022… On this occasion, we decided to share an inspiring story; the story of a deaf-mute young man who dances and teaches others to dance. Another story about the defiant power of the human spirit. We found the story on the Facebook page of the BBC in Serbian, and the text on this page.…
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Tango on the streets of Buenos Aires

personSlađana Milošević
history5 minutes reading
In 2009, we traveled for business to Argentina for the World Forestry Congress. There was no end to the excitement in preparing the trip, during it, and when we arrived in Buenos Aires that October morning! In Argentina, that is the time when spring arrives and the first travel through the city, from the airport to the hotel in the…
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Falkner Discher choreographer – Inspiration in the therapeutic model

personSlađana Milošević
history5 minutes reading
Falkner Discher is a dance instructor in Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA. In addition, Discher is a professional independent ballet artist, instructor at the Dance Conservatory at St. Paul’s School and Underground Dance Academy. As a producer and choreographer of thematic, recent choreographies, Theme & Intention, he was inspired by Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, known as ACT (Acceptance & Commitment…
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Dance on canvas

personSlađana Milošević
history3 minutes reading
During one of my walks, last week, it was pouring with rain – the best time for new ideas! While we are waiting for two new texts by other authors (one from Serbia and one from USA), I got a couple of new ideas. One of them is that we could connect dance with some other art. And here it…
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Expressing your feelings through dance

personSlađana Milošević
history5 minutes reading
This text is taken from: Expressing your feelings through Dance | Bella Diva World Dance (belladivadance.com) Dance has been present in human culture and history for centuries. In its origins, it was meant to be used as a way of communication for ceremonial rites and celebrations, mostly. Nowadays, dance is not only available in theaters and shows, but also can be…
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Does the music ever stop playing?

personSlađana Milošević
history3 minutes reading
And those who were seen dancing were considered crazy by those who could not hear the music” Friedrich Nietzsche I recently found again this wisdom on the internet. Like everything on the Internet, you should first check if Nietzsche really said this. No, there is no evidence for that; it even turned out that this saying has been attributed to…
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