Milos Kecman, coreographer

Date of birth: November 6, 1985, Belgrade

He graduated from "Lujo Davičo" Ballet High School in the class of Professor Borislava Durić in 2004. In the same year, he got a permanent engagement with the National Theatre ballet ensemble, where he began his professional career. In this theatre, he has the status of the third soloist and he performs a large number of solo roles in both classical and contemporary ballet repertoire of the National Theatre. At the same time he has developed as a choreographer. As an author, he choreographed three contemporary ballet performances: Crossroads, A Place for Us, Imprints and two opera performances: Andrea Chénier and At Dawn, also at the National Theatre. He is a three-time finalist of the competition programme of the Festival of Choreographic Miniatures. He has participated in a large number of seminars both local and international at which he has improved his dance performance and choreography. As one of the selected dancers he participated in the international project From Kylián to the Balkans, where he worked with the soloists of the famous ballet company of the Nederlands Dans Theater NDT and performed parts from the opus of the famous choreographer Jirí Kylián. With the National Theatre ballet ensemble he has had guest performances in Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Colombia, Greece, Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro ...

Roles in other theatres: Wolfgang Amadé (Opera and Theatre Madlenianum), Northern Fairy Tale (Opera and Theatre Madlenianum), Othello (Bitef Dance Company), Crossroads (BELEF), A Place for Us (Youth Centre Belgrade), Imprints (National Theatre in Belgrade).

Awards: 
Commendation at the Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in 2002 “Dimitrije Parlic” Award in 2010 for the performance in Six Dances by Jirí Kylián for extraordinary artistic and technical interpretation

Commendation by the National Theatre - Work Achievements of Exceptional Importance in 2010, 2012, 2021

“Encouragement” Award at the Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in 2013

Public Commendation for the ensemble of Women in D Minor and Long Christmas Dinner in 2017

Public Commendation for the ensemble of Alice in 2021

Public Commendation for the ensemble of Michelangelo in 2021

“Terpsichore” Award for the ensemble of Women in D Minor in 2017