Montenegro
Susana B. Williams, Director of Dance Forms Productions, has chosen the Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica, Montenegro to present "The 40th International Choreographers' Showcase."
Those interested in an exciting program of contemporary dance are invited to attend performances of "The 40th International Choreographers' Showcase" at the Montenegrin State Theatre on May 28 and 29, 2008 at 20:00 hours. Seating is limited so pick up the phone and make your reservations now! Two performances only! For reservations call (502) 222-2273 or e-mail Dance-Forms Productions at any time. Our e-mail is danceformspro@aol.com
Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica
ul. Stanka Dragojevica br.18.
Tickets: $8.00/ $6.00 Box office: +38181/243-476
Program
"Log In/Log Out"
World Premiere
Choreography: Susana B. Williams/ Music: Meredith Monk
Performance: Susana B. Williams
Sponsored by Friends of Dance-Forms Productions
Susana B. Williams
Photo by Carlos A. Arriola
Susana B. Williams is co-founder, current director of DANCE-FORMS PRODUCTIONS and the creator of "THE INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHERS' SHOWCASE" a branch of Dance-Forms Productions presenting the collaborative work of distinguished choreographers at prestigious international events. On May 5, 2003 Williams received the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels the highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for her work as ambassador of good will and fellowship around the world, as well as for her contributions to Kentucky and her special achievements in the art of dance and choreography. Williams is one of a selected group chosen from the United States to serve on the Nijinsky Awards 2002 Experts Commitee. The Nijinsky Awards Gala, officiated by her Royal Highness Caroline Princess of Hanover was held at Salle des Princes, Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco on December 14, 2002. Most recently, she served as adjudicator for the Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship for Dance Performance.
A contributing writer for Revista Danza: www.danzarevista.com, Williams received degrees in Arts and Education from the English American School of Guatemala, the University of Paris in France, and Farber und Form Experimental School in Zurich, Switzerland. Williams graduated with honors from the National School of Dance of Guatemala and received scholarships with the School of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the National Ballet of Mexico, and Nina Vyroubova Dance Institute in Paris, France. As a choreographer, she is interested in expressing myth through dance. Her dances communicate the spaces and rhythms, shapes and forms found within the archetypal world of myth. Her work is a Jungian process of self-discovery, revealing the unconscious mind through the body. Her focus is creating a movement-vocabulary capable of expressing themes, which have not yet been uttered in the language of contemporary dance.
Williams is one of the finalist choreographers awarded at the 1993, 7th Saitama International Choreography Competition in Japan.
She is a recipient of the 1988-89 Kentucky's Al Smith Fellowship for Choreography and the first choreographer receiving the Individual Artist Professional Development Award from the same organization. Williams' choreography has been produced by national dance companies in Central America, arts festivals in the United States, México, France, Japan, Lithuania.
With 'Dance-Forms' she presented her work in more than 1000 professional presentations including performances at The Kentucky Center in Louisville, Kentucky, Theatre de la Danse Golovine in Avignon, France, Centre de Danse du Marais and Le Regard du Cygne in Paris, France, Centro Cultural "Miguel Angel Asturias" in Guatemala City, Teatro de la Danza of the Fine Arts Institute in México City, the Vienna Weeks Festival in Vienna, Austria, the Youth Theater in Vilnius, and the Drama Theater in Kaunas, Lithuania, Proyecto Cultural El Sitio in Antigua, Guatemala, Teatro del Estado in Xalapa, Veracruz, México, Schouwburg Amstelveen in Amstelveen, Holland, The International Dance Fair NRW 2000 in Essen, Germany, the Monaco Danses Dances Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Teatro Pedro Díaz in Córdoba and Teatro Netzahualcoyotl in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, México, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, The Youth Theater in Novi Sad, the Belgrade Drama Theater in Serbia, La Marató de l'Espectacle in Barcelona, Spain, La Maratón de la Danza in Madrid, Spain, Sala Cuarta Pared in Madrid, Spain, the Montenegrin National Theater in Podgorica, Montenegro "The 20th, 21st, 22nd World Dance Conference" in Athens, Greece and a tour of nine major cities throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri.
"Read Me"
Premiered in Jalapa, Mexico on June 16, 2004
Choreographer: Colin Connor in collaboration with Debra Noble/ Music: Nina Simone
Costume Designer: Fontella Boone
Performer: Debra Noble
Performance of this solo is made possible thanks to the kind sponsorship of Friends of Colin Connor and Debra Noble
Colin Connor and Debra Noble
Winner of the Sarasota Ballet International Choreographic Competition and Charleston Ballet Theatre's Fountainhead Competition, Colin Connor danced as a soloist with the Limon Dance Company for eight years. He has choreographed works for numerous companies and institutions, including, Atlanta Ballet, The Juilliard School, Dayton Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Hartford Ballet, Finland's Damaru Dance Company, Pennsylvania Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater's Studio Company, Rotterdamse Dansacadamie, American Repertory Dance Company, Richmond Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Island Moving Company, his own Salvage Company, and CONNOR / NOBLE DANCE. His eclectic body of work includes the evening length Solea and the Winds (Liebeslieder), a Flamenco collaboration that had over 90 performances in Europe; Secondhand Sofa, a collaboration with the Bluegrass band The Biscuit Boys for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival; and Streets and Legends, his acclaimed Celtic ballet danced in pointe, sneakers, which Richmond Ballet performed to acclaim at The Joyce Theater in New York last spring. Jennifer Dunning has written of his work in The New York Times: "It comes as something of a relief these days to see movement as a sufficiently expressive medium." Presently teaching at the California Institute of the Arts, Mr. Connor has set Limon work on both ballet and modern companies, was on the faculty of The Juilliard School, and has taught at many of the finest training centers in the U.S., Europe and Russia.
"L'Eclat des Lucioles"
Montenegro Premiere
Choreographer: Balkis Manoukian/ Music: Oudjaroum by Koussam Achod
Costume Designer: Balkis Manoukian
Performer: Balkis Manoukian
Performance of "L'Eclat des Lucioles" is made possible thanks to the kind sponsorship of the Conseil Général de Vaucluse
Balkis Manoukian discovered the art form of dance in 1980 when she was 17 years old. Impressed by her talent, dedication and love of dancing, her teachers encouraged her to become a professional dancer. Following her teachers advise, Manoukian participated in intensive programs in jazz, contemporary dance, classical ballet, African and Indian dance. In 1982 she was invited to instruct dance within the frame of associations MJC of Bollène, Montelimar. At the same time, she begins a career with the F.O.L. de la Drome and the C.A.E in Avignon, France.
From 1985 to 1991, she received accreditation from the French National Education and offered dance instruction in primary schools and underserved communities in places where she's is engaged by their municipalities. During this time she received the State Certificate for Jazz Dance. Soon after 1990 she decides to concentrate all her efforts to the creation, promotion, practice and instruction of contemporary dance. She founded Et Lounda Dance Company in 1991 and created more than ten choreographies with the company.
In 1996 she joins the National Center of Dance in Lyon and receives the State Certificate in Contemporary Dance. As choreographer she receives support from the Municipality of Bollène and the General Council of Vaucluse. In the year 2000, she received the Prize for Best Choreography from S.A.C.D. for her solo "Souffle d'Orient." During this time, Manoukian favors collaborations with metteurs en scène and comedians François Bourcier, Eternel Théâtre in Paris, Emilie Valentin, Théâtre du Fust at Montélimar, Jean Louis Ourdin (singer), Prosper Diss, Théâtre du Sablier at Orange.
Presentations of Cie Et Lounda took place at Festival Off d'Avignon, Dieulefit, Polymusicales de Bollène, in regions of Paris and internationally in Greece, Germany, and Crete. Her last creation L'Eclat des Lucioles, a solo honoring the year of Armenia was premiered at Festival Off d'Avignon in 2007.
"Future Memories"
Premiered at Excello Dance Space in Miami, Florida on April 25, 2008
Choreographer: Karen Peterson/ Music: Uakti (composed by Phillip Glass), Foday Musa Suso (collaboration with Phillip Glass) and Kronos Quartet (composed by Elliot Sharp)
Costume Designer: Karen Peterson
Performers: John Beauregard, Enid Harum Alvarez, Jessica Pusceddu, Jennifer Smallwood, Erin St. John dancers with Karen Peterson & Dancers, Inc.
With support by: The Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Board of the Miami Dade County Commissioners Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council and the Southern Arts Federation
Karen Peterson
Karen Peterson & Dancers, Inc.
Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc, founded in 1989, presents excellence in dance through its quality based programs and educational workshops. The company's repertory is performed by dancers with and without disabilities and promotes artistic integrity by crossing barriers outside of tradition. An active outreach program provides workshops and residencies within the community and an annual season of new work fosters creative opportunities for choreographers at the company's home Excello, established in 2002. The organization creates "mixed-ability" dance, promotes International Cultural Exchange, presents the work of Miami based dance artists and provides choreographic opportunities at Excello, a black box performance venue in the Falls Industrial area.
Artistic Director, Karen Peterson received Choreographic Fellowship Awards from the Division of Cultural Affairs, Department of State in 1995 and 2005, an Honorable Mention Award in 2004 and a Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs Dance Fellowship in 2006. The Company has performed and traveled widely as a Florida representative. The cities include: New York City ("Mobility Junction Festival" at the Vineyard Theatre 1997), Atlanta (American Dance Therapists Conference, 1993) Cleveland (CI 25th Anniversary at Oberlin College, 1998), Sao Paulo, Brazil (Estacao Especial Da Lapa School -- teaching residency 1998), Sao Paulo, Brazil -Officina Cultural - performance, Nova Danca Studios roof top theatre performance, 2001), Carpi, Italy ("International Festival of Different Abilities" performance and workshop, 2002) Edinburgh, Scotland ("Fringe Festival" at the Garage Theatre, The 28th International Choreographers Festival, August 2003), and Barcelona, Madrid, Spain (Teatro Cuarta Pared, The 28th International Choreographers Showcase June, 2005).
Peterson has also received Tigertail’s first “danceAble” Award , New Forms Florida Grants, Artist Access Development Grants, "50 over 50" grants and a City of Miami Honoree Award for her choreography for persons with disabilities. The company received a National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece Grant to reconstruct Doris Humphrey’s 1935 “New Dance” The work was performed at universities in Tampa, Key West, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. Peterson and her dancers have partnered with Very Special Arts, Arts for Learning and The Children’s Trust and work with special needs students to research movement towards performance. Karen and Dancers will be in residence at the Youth Disabilities Center and perform at the National Theatre in Podgorica, Montengro in May 2008 for the 40th International Choreographers Showcase under the umbrella of DanceForms Productions. www.karenpetersondancers.org
"News Falls Like Rain"
Premiered in Newport, RI on July 13, 2007
Choreographer: Colin Connor in collaboration with Debra Noble/ Music: Maurice Ravel
Costume Designer: Colin Connor and Debra Noble
Performer: Debra Noble
Performance of this solo is made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Friends of Colin Connor and Debra Noble
News Falls Like Rain a work both majestic and elegiac. This world premiere begins with a lone woman fretting over a large envelope. She is the striking California based dancer Debra Noble. She treats her letter like an unexploded bomb. In Connor's efficient and edgy choreography, Noble places the envelope on her bent back and puts it on a table where it remains, an object of anxiety. Noble approaches it only to fall away, her arms ineffectively trying to cover her face. This bare bones outline does not begin to tell you of the life force in Noble's movement. She is a veteran dancer who has clearly mastered less being more. Bringing both authority and constraint to News Falls Like Rain, she evokes the fears we may all face. Does the envelope contain news from Iraq or Afghanistan, results of an X-ray, the details of a decision that must be made? We don't know, but Connor and Noble have come together to parallel the anxieties of our age. The power of News Falls Like Rain is that it has the ability to evoke some of the reality of our own lives.
Bill Gale, National Public Radio.
Debra Noble
Debra Noble has danced with some of the foremost American choreographers and has had the pleasure of performing as a soloist throughout the United States, Central America, and Europe. In 2000 she joined Los Angeles' American Repertory Dance Company, and in 2001, working with both established and emerging new choreographers, she began performing a solo evening which she has taken to NY and Mexico. She has choreographed widely and, for a decade, directed her own company, In Forward Motion. Her work has been presented in Europe and the Americas by such venues as the Krannert Arts Center, MoMing Center for the Arts, DIA, Lincoln Center, The Egg in Albany, NY, the Hawaii Dance Festival at Kalani, and the Sorbonne in France. Noble's interest in collaboration with different types of performers and artists has led her to work also with theater, musical theater, art and video installations, children's theater, mask and puppet theater, site specific projects and music video, including Dave Mathews Grammy nominated Crash. Her work is strongly kinetic and theatrical, and has been praised as being evocative. . .full of sublime and subtle energy, and of having commanding images and high artistic vision. A teacher of a broad range of dance techniques and related studies, Noble is currently an assistant professor in the dance program at California State University at Fullerton. She continues to perform her solo programs, develop the duet company CONNOR/NOBLE DANCE, and dance as a guest for several choreographers.
"Sardonyx"
Premiered at the Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, Scotland on August 8, 2007
Choreographer: Ivo van Zwieten/ Music: J. Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Adagio)
Costume Designer: Anna Sophie Howoldt
Performer: Attila Joey Csiki, dancer with Lar Lubovitch and Rasta Thomas Companies
Performance of "Sardonyx" is made possible thanks to the kind sponsorship of Ivo Van Zwieten's supporters
Ivo van Zwieten was born in Gorinchem in Holland. After he graduated from secondary school (C.S.E.), he attended the Rotterdamse Dance Academy. Then he went to study at the Ballet Academy of the Heinz BoslStifung in Münich (Professor Konstanze Vernon, Director) from 1992 until 1994. Van Zwieten's first engagement brought him to the Stadttheater Würzburg in Germany, where he worked as a soloist until 1999, and where he danced title roles in the choreographies of Hans Wrona, and of Yurek Makarowski. He danced among others: Drosselmeir in Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker," Don José in "Carmen" by Rodion Schedrin, Pierrot in "Pierrot Lunaire" by Schonberg, Joseph in "Joseph's Legend" by Richard Strauss. In Würzburgh Zwieten choreographed several ballet workshops, as well as choreographies for the actors theatre e.g. the German first production of "Top Dogs" by Urs Widmer (1997).
In 1999 Martin Schlapfer engaged Van Zwieten for Ballet Mainz, where he danced among others in choreographies by: George Balanchine's "Allegro Brillante," Hans Van Manen (Five Tangos, In and Out, Concertante), Nils Christe (Before Nightfall, Purcell Pieces, Fearful Symmetries), Nicolo Fonte's "En los segundos ocultos," Kurt Joos' "The Green Table."
Van Zwieten danced the repertory choreographies of Martin Schlapfer "Divertimento," "Strange Fruit," "The Four Seasons," "Vespers," " Last Sleep," and his world premieres "Appenzellertanze," "Drittes Klavierkonzert," "Vom Winde Beweint," "Concerto Grosso," "Kunst der Fuge," "Feuervogel," "Musica Ricercata," " Partita No. 6," "Frogs and Crows," "Violakonzert," "In my day and night." Van Zwieten presented his successful choreography "Kochana Op. 6" to music by Henri Wieniawski in the IX Ballet Mainz programme. On April 7, 2007 Van Zwieten was invited to present his new work "Neshika" at the Mia Arbatova Ballet Gala Evening in the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event was organized by Nira Paaz, former dancer of the New York City Opera. His choreography is based on the principles of the neo-classical style. He combines brilliant classical technique with his own movement language in dynamic allegros and passionate adagios. Talents and personalities of the dancers are in the foreground of his choreographies.
Attila Joey Csiki
Attila Joey Csiki began dancing at the age of five in Brantford, Ontario, Canada under the instruction of Joyce Phillips and Angela Farkas. Csiki attended the National Ballet of Canada Academy from age 10-16 and later on traveled to New York to be a student at the School of the American Ballet. After winning numerous awards at international competitions, Csiki decided to take his training a step further to the Tokyo City Ballet in Japan. He danced as an apprentice for six months and soon after he joined the company. At age 19, Csiki was promoted to soloist with the acclaimed company. Completing four European and Asian tours, major roles include "Le Corsaire," "Don Quixote," "Giselle." At Tokyo City Ballet Csiki was fortunate to work with William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Sir Peter Wright, Ogawa Ayako, Shijo Youya and performed in works by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Kenneth McMillan. During this time Csiki entered the Japan International Ballet Competition where he was awarded a GOLD Medal for his performance of "Le Corsaire," solo variation. This entitled Sciki to join the board of directors of the Japan Ballet Association. With their support, he was able to create, as well as to produce and later direct his own contemporary ballet works. Csiki is an international artist who has been seen in commercials from the "Gap" (choreographer Margarette Dereks) and has modeled for Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. He appeared in Howard Schatz photo books (H20). As guest artist he performed with Ballet Concierto in Puerto Rico and the Susan Farrell Company. At present, Csiki is a solo dancer with Lar Lubovitch Company and a guest dancer with Rasta Thomas Dance Ensemble.
Two performances only! Make your reservations now! By phone calling Dance-Forms Productions at (502) 222-2273 or by e-mail sending your message to danceformspro@aol.com
An Invitation from the Director
Dear Choreographers,
On May 26, 2008 a group of distinguished choreographers will arrive in Belgrade, Serbia to be featured in "The 40th International Choreographers' Showcase" a presentation of Dance-Forms Productions to be held at the at the Montenegrin National Theater on May 28 and 29, 2008.
This exciting trip offers choreographers an excellent opportunity to perform their work, make contact with the press, numerous dance directors, producers, presenters, other artists, (hopefully to negotiate new engagements!) and to earn a share of the revenue from ticket sales of two performances. A dynamic platform for the promotion and presentation of contemporary dance, "The International Choreographers' Showcase" was first presented at Festival Off d'Avignon in Avignon, France in July and August 1994. Since then "The International Choreographers' Showcase" has delighted international audiences with presentations of outstanding contemporary dance.
I invite choreographers who are willing to invest in themselves and who are interested in expanding their knowledge of other cultures, as well as promoting their work abroad. I invite choreographers who see this thrilling event as an opportunity to benefit their professional development. You receive a complete production package, which includes: the theater, lighting, sound, technical assistance, publicity, pre-show rehearsal arrangements, printed materials, printed programs, and hotel accommodation based on two persons sharing twin bedded rooms with private bath/shower.
To find out how to qualify, and the investment required, call my office at (502) 222-2273. Remember, the space is limited, so please call right away. You may call from Monday through Saturday, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 9 P.M. Eastern Time. After we have spoken be prepared to submit your professional resume, 4 full body pictures for publicity, program notes, and a VHS video with samples of the work you will present. Remember, the space is limited, so pick up the phone and contact us now! You may e-mail us at any time. Our e-mail is: danceformspro@aol.com
Dance the World with Dance-Forms Productions! Let's do it now!
Don't wait, if you have further questions, you can check our FAQ page, e-mail us by clicking on danceformspro@aol.com or speak personally with me by calling (502) 222-2273.
I look forward to your participation, and to greeting you in Belgrade.
Susana B. Williams
Director
DANCE-FORMS PRODUCTIONS
Welcome to Montenegro
Montenegro is situated on the Adriatic coast, north of Albania, south of Croatia and opposite the 'heel' of Italy. It also shares borders with Bosnia-Herzogovina and Serbia. It is a comparatively small country with an area of 13,812 Km2 and a population of 650,575 (1998 estim). Being dominated by mountains and forests the population tends to cluster around a number of large and small towns with only one recognised city. The modern capital is Podgorica (formerly known as Titograd) with a population of almost 160,000 people. It is the administrative and commercial centre of Montenegro with a nearby international (but small) airport. Cetinje is the ancient capital and cultural heartbeat of the country. It is almost a university town with a young population of over 20,000.
Choreographers and dancers participating in "The 34th International Choreographers' Showcase" enjoyed their lunch at the Zeleni Gaj restaurant in Budva
The towns and population centres of Montenegro can be divided into three main areas - the Coast, the plains and the highlands. The coastal resorts, towns and harbours of Herceg Novi, Kotor, Budva, Bar and Ulcinj are the most important sources of revenue due to the high level of tourism during the summer. The next string of towns are behind the coastal mountains on the Montenegrin plains along the river Zeta. Here the important commercial, administrative and industrial towns of Podgorica, Danilovgrad and Niksicare are to be found. Just to the south of these at the foot of Lovcen is the ancient capital of Cetinje. Other large towns like Kolasin, Plav, Savnik, Bijelo Polje, Rozaj and Zabljak located in the highlands are dependent on Timber, mining and domestic tourism.
Podgorica is a cultural center of Montenegro. Atypical spaces of galleries of Podgorica offer unique feeling of art, portrait of one nation and its culture. Bards of Montenegrin painting present their pieces of art in the exhibit halls of Podgorica, while exhibitions of artists from abroad are not a rarity here either. The Palace of the Petrovic with the old Palace chapel and Perjanicki dom (House of Montenegrin King's bodyguards) represents a special monument of culture and art-exhibition center. City museums possess displays from late and early past of the city, valuable archeological collection with archeological finds in the vicinity of Podgorica.
Quite often Podgorica happens to be a real scene of cultural manifestations in the organization of cultural centers like the fascinating gallery and concert space in the former Winter Palace of King Nikola I. The Palace was built in 1891 and given as a gift to Prince Mirko. As of September 1, 1984, the Palace was turned into the Gallery of Art of Non-aligned Countries "Josip Broz Tito." At the time of the cultural rise of this institution, many exhibitions of artists from Algeria, India, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Philippines, Ecuador, Mali, Bolivia, Uganda, Cyprus etc, were organized in its exhibiting halls. Artists from India, Cyprus, Angola, Sri Lanka etc, as a part of their study trip, worked in its studios. Displays of this rich treasury are a part of the permanent exhibition of the Palace on the third floor. As of 1995, The Palace of the Petrovic is a part of the CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. The permanent exhibition of the gallery has 1500 displays. Contemporary Montenegrin painters exhibit in this specific gallery space, while collective and thematic exhibitions of artists from the country and abroad as well as exhibitions of archeological findings from the area of Montenegro and Yugoslavia are exhibited here with regularity. The art complex of the Palace of the Petrovic also consists of a Mini Theater, and "Perjanicki dom" which is a unique exhibit-scene space.
The Montenegrin National Theater
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Paolo Baccarini, Susana B. Williams, Laura Balis, Tamara Vujosevic-Mandic and members of Ballo Dance Company at the reception offered at the Montenegrin National Theater
Podgorica is proud of its theatre life. CNP (Montenegrin National Theatre), the temple of culture, cherishes the tradition of a prominent national theatre. Thanks to the numerous visits of world known artists the theater has received international acclaim. The Montenegrin National Theatre was founded in 1953, in the beginning as a city theatre, under the name of "Titograd National Theatre." The initial idea was to create a strong theatre that would meet all requirements and assumptions of a national theatre. Although the Montenegrin has been operating with all the attributes of the national theatre it was until 1969 that the institution was finally recognized as such. The Montenegrin National Theatre has been the working place of all the prominent actors from the Montenegrin area. In 1989 the building burnt down, but it was rebuilt to embody a new era of theatrical experience in Podgorica opening in May of 1997. The first theater's night lit up with Njegosh' "The Mountain Wreath" directed by Branislav Micunovic. The works of Shakespeare, Njegosh, Krleza, Palon, Arthur Miller, O'Neil, Marinkovic, Fazbinder, Zene were presented as well as works by Miodrag Bulatovic, Mihailo Lalic, Cedo Vukovic, and others. The theatre represents and promotes dramatists from the area of Montenegro among them M. Kavaja, Sreten Perovic, Slobodan Tomovic, Igor Bojovic. Permanent directors in shorter and longer time intervals have been Vasilij Scuckin, Ilija Nikolic, Nikola Vavic, Blagota Erakovic. Invited directors include Minja Dedic, Alojz Ujez, Vida Ognjenovic, Egon Savin, Branka Stavrev. At the vanguard of the National Theatre are the actors Boro Begovic, Veljko Mandic, Nada Blazevic, Zlata Raicevic, Slobodan Aligrudic, Vladimir Popovic, Dragica and Petar Tomas, Branislav Vukovic, Bane Popovic.
Montenegro Museums
Choreographer Winifred R. Harris seating outside the Museum in Cetinje
Diversified archeological material found on the area of nowadays metropolis follow the rich history of the city from the ancient Byrziminium to modern Podgorica. Decorative and valuable jewelry from the time of the ancient classical period is in the City Museum, and late classical period of Duklja, necropolis on the grounds of which Podgorica was built up, is presented in the Archeological collection of Montenegro. The unique collection that represents Montenegrin 19th century is kept in Medun in the Museum of Marko Miljanov, the most significant memorial museum of this type. Flora and fauna of the ecological state of Montenegro is presented in the Natural History Museum. The Museum of the City of Podgorica located at Miljana Vukova 59, Tel: 081/ 632 006 was founded in 1950 within the institution "Museums and Galleries of the City." The Museum encompasses four thematic entities: archeological, ethnographic, historical and cultural-historical. The valuable collection of the homeland museum consists of displays originating from the time of ancient classical period to the XX century. Roman fibula, Illyrian jewelry, old coins, objects made of metal and bones that were used in everyday life point to the existence of settlements and influences of different civilizations and cultures on this area.
The Archeological Collection of Montenegro
8, Vuka Karadzica Street Tel: 081 / 631- 349
The Archeological Collection of Montenegro was founded in 1961. The collection is engaged in collection, arrangement, expert maintenance, studying and presentation of archeological excavation sites in the Republic and takes care of movable archeological material. More significant projects of the Archeological collection are: "Research, Conservation and Presentation of the Archeological Locality," "Archeology of the Basin of the Skadar Lake," "Archeological Map of Montenegro" (archeological reconnoiter of Montenegro's territory), "Archeological Research on the Area of the National Park Durmitor"and "Exploration of Paleolithic Lairs in the Canyon of Moraca." In 1997 the archeological collection was transformed into the Center for Archeological Research of Montenegro
Skadar lake
The lake is the most beautiful temple of stone and water in the Balkans.
The Skadar Lake is the largest lake in the Balkans with numerous islands and rare wildlife species. There is almost no visitor who passed through Montenegro without being astonished with the beauty and serenity of the lake in the middle of the harsh rocks. This is the place that holds the traces of the oldest Montenegrin tradition: Lesendro, the island where the fortifications were built, represents the eternal torch of Montenegrin freedom; Zabljak Crnojevica, a fortification from the time of Vojislavljevici was the place of residence of Crnojevici; Obod Crnojevica, is the place where the oldest Montenegrin printing house was located. Balsici left behind their own endowments here. At Beska, Jelena Balsic built a monastery and was buried in it. Starcevo presented to its people Stampar Makarije. According to tradition this is the place of the tomb of Bozidar Vukovic Podgoricanin whose remains were brought here from Venice by his son. When you reach Starcevo by boat then you climb up the paths known only to frequent visitors to the island as to reach the monastery and the shelter on the top. The lake cherishes legends and stories about the first fugitive from the island-casemate Grmozur, former Turkish fortress. When King Nikola turned this casemate into the prison, the prisoners were able to see only the sky and the internal walls of the prison. And when the first prisoner residents of Grmozur nowadays. Vranjina is the only inhabited island. A vivid fishermen village is sited at the very shore of the Lake, and the church is above it, a remnant of former Monastery complex built by King Nikola I on the grounds of the temple from the II century from the time of Ilarion. The King had seven daughters and being uncertain that all of them would get married, he built this monastery to be left to them after his death. However, each princess got married, and Vranjina stayed without its beautiful residents.
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