On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the monograph Osmijeh Zagreba75 years of the Zagreb Municipal Theatre Komedija, 1950 – 2025, by Lucija Ljubić and Davor Schopf, was presented at the Novinarski Dom.

The monograph documents and presents a wealth of theatrological material that testifies to the three-quarters of a century-old repertoire of the Zagreb Municipal Theatre Komedija, as well as to our members, the ballet dancers of the Komedija Theatre.

The authors of the monograph are theatrologist Dr. Lucija Ljubić and the music publicist, singer and member of the Komedija Theatre Chorus Davor Schopf. The editor is Lucija Ljubić; the executive editor and photo editor is Davor Schopf; the graphic editor, design and preparation is Snježana Grbić and the cover was designed by Dizajn studio Čendak.

At the 33rd Croatian Theatre Arts`Awards ceremony held at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb on November 24, 2025, the following awards were granted:

ALMIRA OSMANOVIĆ – Lifetime Achievement Award

IRYNA ČABAN BILANDŽIĆ – Leading Female Role

GUILHERME GAMEIRO ALVES – Leading Male Role

PAVEL SAVIN – Young Artist under 28

LEO MUJIĆ – Choreographic Achievement, Ballet Hamlet

HAMLET – Best Overall Performance

ZDENKO BAŠIĆ / NEVEN MIHIĆ – Set Design for ballet Snow Queen by D. Bobić and S. Sečak

The jury consisted of Davor Schopf, president, Lydia Mila Milovac and Mladen Mordej Vučković, members.

INVITATION to the assembly and awarding ceremony of the Croatian Society of Professional Ballet Artists

on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 15.30 h in the Foyer of the CNT in Zagreb

 

Agenda:

 1) Report on the work of the CSPBA

2) Promotion of journal Movements No. 43 A Hundred Years of Ballet Gingerbreads published by the Croatian ITI Center. Participants: Maja Đurinović and Mihaela Devald Roksandić, editors and promoter Jasmina Fučkan

3) Acknowledgement to photographer Aleksandar Saša Novković for his contribution to the art of ballet

4) Awarding Ceremony

Anamarija Marković and Vid Vugrinec – Award for a promising young artist

Lydija Mila Milovac – Award for outstanding contribution to the art of ballet

 

We invite you to honour this event with your presence

Congratulations on the Croatian Ballet Day and the 149th anniversary of professional ballet in Croatia