LAUREATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION SLAVENSKA PRIX 2026

Winners of the International Ballet Competition Slavenska Prix 2026

GRAND PRIX

HINAKO SHINZAKI & YUHO YOSHIOKA (Japan)

SENIORS:

GOLD MEDAL:       RIZUMU TANAKA (Japan)

SOLOMON OSAZUVA (Austria)

SILVER MEDAL:   KATARINA BUŽIĆ  (Croatia)

LUCIE MITOSINKOVA (Czech Republic)

BRONZE MEDAL: PIETRO VITTORIA (Italy)

AHILA OKU (Greece)

MARTA SIRONIĆ (Croatia)

IRENE OLARU (France)

JUNIORS:

GOLD MEDAL:         LOTE OSE (Latvia)

SILVER MEDAL:     GRETA HRESTAK (Croatia /Slovenia)

BRONZE MEDAL:   VERA KREITMEYER (Croatia)

Special prize CARLOTTA GRISI for the most talented young dancer:  POLONA BAUMGARTNER

Scholarships for the Summer Intensive in Ljubljana : Vera Kreitmeyer, Afrodita Siljanoska, Laura Leko

One-month scholarship of the Croatian Society of Professional Ballet Artists for the Hungarian Dance Academy: Vito Križnjak

GROUPS:

1st PLACE

Ballet School Balans (Slovenia)

Six Step (Croatia)

2nd PLACE

Mostar Swans (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Artistic School Luka Sorkočević Dubrovnik

3rd PLACE

School for Classical Ballet in Zagreb

Music School Slavko Osterc, Ljutomer (Slovenia)

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Book promotion – 75 years of Zagreb Municipal Theatre Komedija

On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the monograph Osmijeh Zagreba – 75 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.

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CROATIAN THEATRE ARTS` AWARDS – BALLET

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.

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General assembly and promotion of journal Movements and celebration of the Croatian Ballet Day and the 149th anniversary of professional ballet in Croatia

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

 

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