BIOGRAPHY
Marija Obradovic is a contemporary dancer and choreographer, born in Croatia, grew up in Belgrade, Serbia and has lived in New York City for the last ten years.
She performed in Punchdrunk’s award winning immersive theater show “Sleep No More” from 2018-2024, in the role of Lady Macbeth, which she carried vehemently over many years. She also danced in Shannon Gillen’s company VIM VIGOR and gave her own artistic input in the
company's creations and commissions. Marija is an alumni of the Springboard Danse Montreal (2017).
She performed in works of Maxine Doyle, Michael Getman, Kizuna Dance, Soluq Dance theater,
Jin Ju Song-Begin and Perpetuum dance company. As a teacher she led workshops and intensives in the United States, Canada and Europe. Her solo work was awarded at the XXIV Festival of choreographic miniatures in Belgrade and supported by the Serbian Ministry of Culture. Marija holds a BA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Belgrade and she is a certified Pilates instructor.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
In my teaching I explore movement principles of undulation, momentum, moving on and off of the axis and finding different pathways to shift in and out of the floor. The warm up is focused on centering the attention and bringing awareness to all of the main
joints in the body, with balance exercises, stretches and activation of the core. I offer various phrases throughout the class that play with coordination and precision, including elements of floorwork and soft acrobatics. In the last part of class I share a choreographic sequence that integrates the movement material from the first part, adding isolations and playing with textures and rhythm.