Dance production The Damned Yard premiered in the Theatre City Budva Festival on 22 July. This production was done after the novel by the same name written by Ivo Andrić and as a joint production by the National Dance Foundation and National Theatre in Belgrade.
Nebojša Bradić is the author of the screenplay, stage directing and stage design; Zoran Erić composed the music; Israeli choreographer, Dana Rutenberg, designed the choreography; while the cast was the following: Milica Jević, Tijana Šebez, Nikola Tomašević, Luka Lukić, Nebojša Gromilić, Igor Naumovski, Čedomir Radonjić and Nebojša Naumovski.
Marija Janković-Šehović is the assistant choreographer and Tamara Bušković is the costume designer.
The National Theatre’s team was in charge of the technical implementation of the project, while Milena Kuzmanović and Vuk Miletić were the producers for the production.
Belgrade premiere will take place at the beginning of the following season on the “Raša Plaović” Stage.
The production was realised with the support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Secretariat for Culture of the Belgrade City Assembly, Embassy of Israel in Belgrade and Banca Intesa.
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