Aleksandar Ilić

Biography

Aleksandar Ilić graduated in 2012, after completing an MA in Choreography. Before studying at Trinity Laban, he was a First Soloist at the National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia.
His choreographic work has been shown at the National Theatre in Belgrade, Madlenianum Opera & Theatre, Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad, National Theatre Sarajevo, Festival Velenje, Music Center in Montenegro, Zagreb Dance Center, National Opera and Ballet of Macedonia and the Šibenik Dance Festival, amongst others.
Aleksandar was Acting Director of Belgrade Culture Centre (2019-2023) and Artistic Director of BELEF the Belgrade Summer Festival (2017-2022). He is a Professor and a founder of the Belgrade Dance Institute, President of Association of Professional Ballet Dancers, Choreographers and Ballet Pedagogues of Serbia and Director of Dance Magazine Stepart. He has also written three books of poetry. He is currently an ensemble pedagogue at the National Theater in Belgrade and the Music Center in Montenegro

Photo credit: Belkisa Beka Abdulovic