Aleksandar Josipovic
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Aleksandar Josipović is French
French people
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 artist
Artist
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 from Yugoslavia, champion in the sport dance, professional dancer, artist
Artist
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 and Educator

Early life

Aleksandar Josipović was born in 1981 in Lazarevac
Lazarevac
Lazarevac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.22° North, 20.15° East. Its name stems from name of medieval Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic. In 2002 the town has total population of 23,551. Lazarevac is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities....

, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

.

His uncle Anton Josipović
Anton Josipovic
Anton Ante Josipović is a former boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 was an olympic champion in boxing, in Los Angeles 1984. Also, Aleksandar is closely related with prof.dr.Ivo Josipović
Ivo Josipović
Ivo Josipović is a Croatian politician who has been President of Croatia since 2010. Josipović entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Croatia , and played a key role in the democratic transformation of this party as the author of the first statute of the SDP that replaced the...

, current president of Croatia.

In 2002 Josipović left Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 and moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

.

Aleksandar Josipović was Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies
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 on 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...

.

Education

  • 2000-2002 Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Belgrade
    University of Belgrade
    The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

    , Yugoslavia
    Yugoslavia
    Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....


  • 2003-2004 French Ministry of Culture Diplome d’Etat de professeur de danse, Bachelor in Dance Pedagogy

  • 2006-2007 Postgraduate studies of dance movement therapy
    Dance therapy
    Dance therapy, or dance movement therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance for emotional, cognitive, social, behavioral and physical conditions. As a form of expressive therapy, DMT is founded on the basis that movement and emotion are directly related...

     at the Codarts Academy in Rotterdam
    Rotterdam
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    , Holland

  • 2007-2008 The NLP Trainer & Consultancy, NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) University, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA


-“CEREP” hospital de jour pour adolescents, fieldwork, Paris, France (French)

As an assistant and lecturer Aleksandar works in the field of dance pedagogy, dance therapy and modern psihology & NLP in France, USA, Serbia, Finland and Guadeloupe.

Awards & Dance competition results

  • 8 time National Dance Champion (Latin, Ten Dance... with his dance partner Marina Jeremic)
  • The World Gold Cup Finalist ( UK ) and Semifinalist in World Cup.( Hungary)
  • 2001 Winner of Mediterranean Open Championship
  • 2001 Yugoslav National Champions in Disco show formation
  • 2001 Runner-up at the National Championship in Show Dance, Solos male

Performance

  • 1990- 2002 Aleksandar was occupied in sport dance, also participated in World and European championships
  • 2001 Performance for Princess Jelisaveta Karadjordjevic
  • 2001-2002 Performs within the Grand Tour of China as a principal dancer in a show Paris Paradise
  • 2002–present Aleksandar has been a regular member of the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge in the world. With Moulin Rouge made appearance at the carnival in Rio as well as gala performances in South America.
  • 2007 Deranger - art movie ( with Bogomir Doringer)
  • 2007 - 2008 live performance on TV show Evropsko Lice (European Face) by Radio Television of Serbia
    Radio Television of Serbia
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  • In May 2008 Aleksandar performed at 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
    Eurovision Song Contest 2008
    The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...

     as a Master of Ceremonies
    Master of Ceremonies
    A Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....

    .
  • 2008-2009 Worked on project related to the Holocaust-life and work of Simon Wiesenthal - which the audience has never seen until now to the public
  • 2010 Performance of the NLP on Helsinki Congress

Publication

In 2007 Perje, pero i prasina (Pen, Feathers and Dust) a book written by his high school professor Ljiljana Pakić, inspired by his life and work, is published in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. The main character of this book is a young dancer from Serbia who was determined to conquer the world. The author tells a story of his success in a famous parisian cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...

 and bitter sweet life in this glamorous and decadent city.

2011 Aleksandar published his first book titled "Let's Dance / New methods in Dance pedagogy"

TV and movies

  • 2007 a fashion film " Déranger "

Director : Mr Timothy Zaragoza ( AVANT 16 ), Co-Director & Concept - Mr Bogomir Doringer, Producer: Mr Philip Leff

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