Sarasvati Tribe

Velika dobrodošlica Sarasvati tribe skupini i djevojkama koje su ljubav prema ATS stilu pretočile u svoju plesnu obitelj specifičnog plesnog vokabulara! 

Sarasvati tribeSarasvati, hinduistička božica znanja, glazbe i umjetnosti, pod svoje okrilje stavila je šest plesačica sa dugogodišnjim zajedničkim plesnim iskustvom i stvorila plesnu obitelj koja od 2015. godine pleše pod imenom Sarasvati tribe.

Ljubav prema glazbi, plesu i umjetnosti ispreplela je životne putove ovih plesačica i utkala ih u veliku zajednicu ATS® plesnog stila.

ATS® (American Tribal Style®) nastao je u Americi 80-ih godina prošlog stoljeća. Njegova kreatorica, Carolena Nericcio Bohlman i danas je aktivna na plesnoj sceni i u plesnoj zajednici koja broji preko tisuću plesačica i plesača te preko 140 sestrinskih studija diljem svijeta.

ATS® je je moderan stil trbušnog plesa jasno definiran  s primarnim obilježjem  grupne improvizacije, specifičnog plesnog vokabulara i kostima te određenim smjernicama za vođenje i praćenje. Nastao je iz plemesnkih plesova sjeverne Afrike, indijskih folklornih plesova te španjolskog Flamenca.  Upravo zbog naglaska na imporvizaciji u ovom plesnom stilu, potrebna je velika doza povjerenja među plesačicama koje se stvara kroz samokontrolu i preciznost u izvedbi znakova i pokreta.  American tribal style®je plesni jezik koji omogućava da u bilo kojem trenutku možemo kroz ples komunicirati s plesačicom ili više njih koje možda susrećemo po prvi put.

Upravo navedena plesna kohezija povezala je članice plesne skupine Sarasvati Tribe i učinila da njihovo malo pleme postane obitelj glazbe i plesa u plesnom studiju Alapadma. Sarasvati tribe čine Suzana Bedić, Maja Grdić Jarak, Ivana Hećimović Duvnjak, Maja Tutavac, Silvija Matić i Petra Volarević.


Sarasvati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music and arts, has taken under her protection six
dancers who have been dancing together for many a year, and thus, in 2015, created a dance
family called Saraswati tribe. Lives of these dancers were interlaced by their love of music,
dance and arts, and together they form a part of the large community of the ATS dance style.
ATS® (American Tribal Style®) was created in America in 1980s. Its creator Carolena
Nericcio Bohlman is still active on the dance scene and in the community of over a thousand
dancers from more than 140 associated dance studios worldwide. This dance cohesion
brought together members of the Saraswati Tribe and turned their little pack into a family of
dance and music in the Alapadma dance studio. Members of the Sarasvati tribe are Suzana
Bedić, Maja Grdić Jarak, Iva Hećimović Duvnjak, Maja Tutavac, Silvija Martić and Petra
Volarević.

Mateja Mikulan

Pozdravljamo Mateju Mikulan , umjetnicu i plesačicu iz Slovenije koja će donijeti dio svoje karizme na scenu Oriental Fusion Stars festivala. Dobrodošla!

Mateja is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and belly dance events organiser, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She began her oriental trip over a decade ago as a hobby and since than her hobby grew into profession and today she is teaching regular classes all over Slovenia and workshops home and abroad. More than a performer she sees herself as a teacher with good theoretical background and loads of practical knowledge and an innovative choreorapher, whose choreographies have won awards in Europe. She combines traditional with modern and has a great ear for music. Her approach to teaching is not only giving choreographies but also focusing on the history, cultural background and loads of theoretical data.

Besides performing and teaching, she organises different belly dance events, among them Nawar festival, the only festival of its kind in Slovenia. She organised over 20 dance haflas, weekend workshops with different teachers, different bellydance evenings with her students, charity events, annual student shows and was a part of organisational team at SHRQ Symposium, organised by Shereen in 2014.

She is very thankful to her teachers for pushing her forward and giving her the opportunity to learn from them. Among the most influential are Khaled Mahmoud, Osama Emam, Lubna Emam, Tito, Mercedes Nieto, Yamil Annum and Sandy D’Ali. For the past few years she is lucky to call Maria Aya and Shereen as her teachers, who helped a lot in her dance career and with whom she works the most.

Mateja is an artist in many ways, along being a dancer, she has her own jewellery line Matya, makes her own costumes and is a certified make-up artist.

Romani Chaj

Oriental Fusion Team pozdravlja veselu  skupinu Romani chaj! Ove djevojke plešu sve stilove romskih plesova, dobrodošle na našu scenu! 

Romani chaj ( romska djevojka) grupa je koja dolazi iz Zagreba i bavi se plesanjem i prezentacijom različitih stilova romskih plesova. Osnivačica, voditeljica, učiteljica i koreografkinja je Katarina Markov. Članice su: Shireen, Konstilija Nikolić Markota i Iva Čolakić. Grupa postoji 3 godine, redovno treniraju, plesu i nastupaju.


Romani chaj (roma girl) is coming from Zagreb and is a dance group that dances and presents many different styles of roma dances. The founder, leader, teacher and choreographer is Katarina Markov. A members of a group are Shireen, Konstilija Nikolic Markota and Iva Colakic. A group exists for three years and are regularly training, dancing and performing.

Polina Mytko i OrienTale group

Oriental Fusion Team pozdravlja mladu grupu OrienTale pod vodstvom Poline Mytko, čijim članicama nisu strani nijedni plesni pravci, stoga vas nestrpljivo očekujemo i dobro nam došle!

OrienTale group je osnovana nedavno – u prosincu 2015. godine, ali upornim trudom njezinih članica se već uspjela plasirati na hrvatsku plesnu scenu i nastupiti na mnogim plesnim manifestacijama, humanitarnim eventima i na televizijskom showu Supertalent. Njezine članice su otvorene prema različitim plesnim stilovima, zato u svoje treninge, osim orijentalnog plesa, uklapaju i reggaeton, balet, twerk i sambu. Pripremite se na neočekivano!


OrienTale group was formed in December 2015, but they have already had a chance to share their love and passion for bellydance by performing at many dance events, charity concerts and on the television show Supertalent. The members of OrienTale group are open to a variety of dance styles so they also include reggaeton, ballet, twerk and samba in their trainings, in addition to oriental dance. Prepare for the unexpected!

Sofija Mihoković

Veliki pozdrav sljedećoj umjetnici našeg festivala…Sofija je svoj stil izgradila u svijetu tribal fusiona i dobrodošla na našu scenu!

Svoju ljubav prema trbušnom plesu otkrila sam u svom rodnom gradu Virovitici gdje sam počela trenirati i naučila svoje prve korake. Svoj napredak nastavljam u Zagrebu u školi trbušnog plesa Zuzane Uhlirove gdje učim egipatski stil plesa te se susrećem s tribal fusionom. Nakon nekog vremena odlučujem se fokusirati samo na tribal fusion jer mi izražaj tog stila mnogo više odgovara. Nastavljam se usavršavati trenirajući pod vodstvom Nataše Moskaljov. Razvijam svoj osobni stil i izražaj koji volim predstavljati svojoj publici.


I discovered my love for belly dance in my hometown Virocitica where I started training and learned my first steps. My progress continuous in Zagreb in school of bellydance led by Zuzana Uhlirova. There I learned egyptian style of the dance and I was introduced to tribal fusion for the first time. After some time i decided to focus only on tribal fusion since the expression of that style suits me much more. I continued to improve my skills under the guidance of Nataša Moskaljov. I am developing my personal style and expression which I love to present to my audiendce.