Aleksandar Josipović
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Aleksandar Josipović (born 15 January 1981) is a French-Serbian former dancer, author, and marketing consultant.
Biography
[edit]Aleksandar Josipović was born on 15 January 1981 in Lazarevac, Yugoslavia, (now Serbia). His dancing career began at the age of 9.
He won 9 national championships in ballroom dancing, he was a finalist in the Golden World Cup (England) and a semifinalist in the World Cup (Hungary). He has danced and performed for many royal families, as well as for the presidents of some countries.[1][2] He holds both French and Serbian citizenship.[citation needed]
Education and work
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- 2000 - 2002. Mathematics Faculty of University of Belgrade
- 2005 - 2009. Centre national de la Danse, Paris, France
- 2006 - 2007. Postdoctoral studies 'Dance movement therapy', Codarts Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2008 - 2009. A diploma in Neuro-linguistic programming, UCSC, United States[3]
Josipović has worked as a consultant and a marketing manager since 2002. He worked on projects in many fields such as media, fashion, show business, hosting, production, culture and education across France, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Finland, United States, Spain, Latvia, Russia, Italy, Belgium, and Austria.[4]
During the period from 2013-2015, he was appointed as the director of Professional Department and Training Process at National Foundation for Dance and has organized international dancing seminars in Serbia.[5][6][7]
Career
[edit]After spending 11 years in a dancing club in Lazarevac, in 2001 Josipović received an invitation to dance in China in the French cabaret show Paris Paradis. During the next year and with the support of a choreographer Clodet Wolker, he soon began to gather information on Moulin Rouge audition. He was accepted in cabaret after a three-hour audition. He performed as a soloist there for a decade. He is the only man from Serbia that has ever played on Moulin Rouge stage.[8][9]
Josipović performed as master of ceremonies at the second semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[10][11]
He was one of the judges in the Serbian edition of 'Dancing with the Stars'.[12][13][14]
Living in Dubai since 2015, Josipović has been a marketing director and consultant.[15][16]
Books
[edit]Known as the author of works in European lifestyle magazines, he is also an author of four books of which some are under the auspices of UNESCO, such as the first book in Serbia on topic of dancing pedagogy called, 'Let's dance - new methods in dancing pedagogy,[17] basics of dancing 'Are you up for a dance?'[18] and 'Life's a game, so play smart'.[19] He gave all the income from publishing his fourth book 'Secret body language'[20] for humanitarian cause for people who were imperiled due to floods that have occurred across Serbia and Bosnia in 2014.[21][22]
References
[edit]- ^ Blic | Volim nastupe pred vladarima
- ^ Blic | Aleksandar: Igrao sam za Sarkozija
- ^ Blic | Aleksandar na karnevalu u Rio de Žaneiru
- ^ Blic | Srpski plesač drži masterklas u Barseloni
- ^ Wannabe | Intervju - Aleksandar Josipović
- ^ Wannabe | Počeo sa radom Belgrade dance centar
- ^ Blic | Srpski plesač drži masterklas kan kana
- ^ Mira Adanja Polak | U Mulen Ružu - Aleksandar Josipović
- ^ Stojanov, Ivana (28 November 2015). "Mulen ružom se orilo: Bravo, Srbine". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Blic | Želimo da vodimo evrosong
- ^ Blic | Ukrajinka digla arenu na noge
- ^ "Prva | Upoznajte sudije plesa sa zvezdama". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Blic | Upoznajte sudije plesa sa zvezdama
- ^ Blic | Strog i britak član žirija u plesu sa zvezdama
- ^ Blic | Čarobnjak pokreta predstavljao je bivšu SFRJ a danas se povlači u mirnije vode
- ^ The National - Dubai marketing and communications executive still has all the moves
- ^ Delfi | Lets dance - Nove metode u plesnoj pedagogiji
- ^ Delfi | Da li ste za ples?
- ^ Domaća Knjižara | Život je igra zato igraj pametno
- ^ Delfi | Tajni govor tela
- ^ Blic | Omražen i voljen Aleksandar Josipović izdaje četvrtu knjigu u humanitarne svrhe
- ^ RTS | Aleksandar Josipović