Lucija Kukor
Lucija Kukor, born in Zagreb on June 15, 1990. She started her dance journey at the age of 9 in the dance club "Megablast" (Velika Gorica). She soon enrolled in primary and then secondary dance school Franjo Lučić, Velika Gorica.
In the dance school she had classes in ballet, contemporary dance techniques, rhythmics, step dance, folklore, jazz, anatomy, solfeggio, piano, methodology, vocal techniques and stage practice, which last year ended with the play "Interval" (choreographers Masa Kolar and Zoran Markovic ). She participated in various competitions with the dance club “Megablast” and with the dance school, at the national and world level. After graduating from dance school, she was invited to Zagreb theater “Komedija”. She also enrolls at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb and, in parallel with Zagreb theater “Komedija”, realizes various collaborations and projects. Lucija also makes various commercial appearances on television, concerts, commercials and videos. In addition to dancing, she has a great passion for singing and she performed at the „Vip Club“ under the leadership of Lela Kaplowitz and at the Brass Velika Gorica Jazz Festival independently and with the band „Cubismo“. Also, in parallel, she continuously invested in her dance knowledge through various seminars and workshops both in Croatia and abroad. In the meantime, she earned MA in the field of „Management“ at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb. 2019. she went to Israel in order to participate in dance program under Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company “Dance Journey program”. In addition to the repertoire of the company, program included classes like ballet, pilates, floor work, gaga movement and guest teachers. Following her progress and noticing her uniqueness, Rami Be’er, the artistic director of the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, invites Lucija to join the main company as an intern. In 2020. Lucija goes to Israel again, and joins the KCDC as an intern.
Currently
• Freelancer modern/contemporary dancer
• Dance teacher
Professional experience
• Collaborations with theaters
• Collaborations with television
• Concerts and festivals
• Commercials and music videos
• Fashion events
Prominent Collaborations
Zagreb theater “Komedija” where she participated in the musical “Aida” (directed by Dora Ruždjak Podolski, choreographed by Igor Barberić) and the musical “Cabaret” (directed by Dora Ruždjak Podolski, choreographed by Petra Hrašćanec) as a dancer and a singer; “Muscat Asian beach games” in Oman (director Krešimir Dolenčić, choreographers Tamara Curić and Larisa Lipovac); Dance theater “Jollanar” in Syria; Tour “I will survive” by Gloria Gaynor and Ivo Gamulin Gianni (choreographer Ana Vesel Križaj); Croatia's EU accession ceremony (choreographer Petra Hrašćanec); Theater in Zagreb „Gavella“ „Big heart to small heart“ humanitarian project with dance studio „Step by Step“; „Black Swan“ CIE MESS (Antwerp, Belgium); „FeMale“ (professional dance ensamble „Kelkope“); „Dance classes for the elderly and advanced“ (choreographer Staša Zurovac); Spectacle „Miracle“ (director Ivan Ivica Krajač, choreographers Branka Kolar and Lidija Iveković); „The Voice“ (HRT, choreographer Bojan Valentić); „Bingo show“ (RTL, choreographer Tihana Strmečki), summer dance show (choreographer Lidija Iveković); Theater in Zagreb „Trešnja“ „Running“ (choreographer Ana Vesel Križaj), „Cro a Porter“ (dancer, model and assistant of Viktora Drage) and other fashion events.
Education
•KCDC (Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company) Dance Journey program, Israel (2019.)
•Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb – MA „Management“ (2019.)
•Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb – BA „Business economy“ (2017.)
•Modern dance classes with Maša Kolar in Zagreb Youth Theater (2010. - 2016.)
•Primary and secondary dance school Franjo Lučić, Velika Gorica, Croatia - diploma for „Stage dancer“ (2002. - 2010.)
•Workshops in Croatia and abroad (2004. – 2020.) (Maša Kolar, Ana Samovojska, Studio for Contemporary Dance, Zagreb Dance Ensamble, Kelkope and Tamara Savičević, Hofesh Shechter Company,Erion Kruja, Brice Mousset, Thierry Smits, Almira Osmanović, Staša Zurovac, Gregor Lustek, Clement Layes, Dinko Bogdanić, Bo Madvig, Elizabeth Waterhouse, Didier Théron, Yaniv Avraham, Alexandr Alexandrov, Oded Graff & Yossi Berg, Eyal Dadon, Ido Batash, Sara Wilhelmsson, Uri Ivgi…)
•Primary and secondary dance school Franjo Lučić, Velika Gorica, Croatia - diploma for „Stage dancer“ (2002. - 2010.)
•Dance club Megablast (2000. - 2010.)
Awards
•Regional competition for pupils and students of music and dance, for IV.category, 2009. Velika Gorica (Croatia)
•State competition for pupils and students of music and dance, for IV category, 2008. Varazdin (Croatia)
•Regional competition for pupils and students of music and dance. IV category, 2008. Velika Gorica (Croatia )
•State competition for pupils and students of music and dance, IV category, 2007. Dubrovnik (Croatia)
•Regional competition for pupils and students of music and dance, for IV category, 2007. Velika Gorica (Croatia)
•State competition for pupils and students of music and dance, for III category, 2004. Varazdin (Croatia)
•Croatian competition in contemporary dance Mia Čorak Slavenska 2012.
•Croatian competition in contemporary dance Mia Čorak Slavenska 2010.
•TREPS – prize for the most successfull solo performance in category Show dance, Musical and Jazz dance (given by Dinko Bogdanic) 2010.
•Scholarship from city Zagreb 2009/2010.
•Competitions in Show dance with dance club Megablast under HSDS (Croatian Show Dance Alliance) and IDO (International Dance Organization) from 2002. – 2010. (Croatia, Serbia, Germany, Slovenia)