The project "Contemporary Dance Tour," epitomizes our commitment to fostering artistic growth and community engagement. Iniciated and implemented from Bojan Micev back in 2018 for the frist time, it it reached its 6th edition in the year of 2023. The concept of the project consist educational program with an aim to disseminate dance knowledge to young talents across the country and helping them facilitate their transition into professional dancers. To date, the project has extended its reach to 10 cities nationwide, establishing connections with numerous dance schools in each locality:
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Skopje –  Aqua Dance Club / Art Ballet / Beatrix Crew

Kumanovo – Dance Studio Mak / Dance Studio Ultra/ Dance Team Fusion

Stip – Urban Crew / Ballet Center Arabesque

Strumica – Ballet Center “Reverence” / OneWay Dance Studio

Veles – Ballet Studio Anabela

Ohrid – Sonata Dance Studio

Bitola – Anastasija Centar

Probistip – Ballet Magija

Kocani – Urban Crew Kocani

Kavadarci – Dance Sport Club Linea

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In the most recent iteration, the 6th edition held last year, we introduced a performing program titled "Components". This initiative aimed to present and affirm Macedonian choreographers and nurture their artistic creation. The dance evening, "Components", took place on 21/06/2023 at NUCK Aco Shopov Shtip, featuring the following program.
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1. Opening - Ballet Art Center "Arabesque" Shtip

Choreography: Elizabeth Kolevska

2. "Fairies and Demons"

Choreography and dancers: Jovana Zajkova and Boban Ruseski

Music, percussion and vocals: Zarina Prvasevda

3. Excerpt from "(Un)expected"

Choreography: Elena Antonova - Petrović

Participating students from the 4th year, graduating in contemporary dance at DMBUC "Ilia Nikolovski - Luj"

Class: E.A. Petrovic

Dancers: Sara Tasevska and Nina Petrushevska

4. "Outside the box"

Choreography: Eli Donev

Dancers: Luka Gorgievski, Jovana Jovanovska, Jovana Dimitrievska, Kalina Kuzmanova, Ana Vasileva, Sofia Jovanovska.

5. "In my shoes"

Choreography and dancer: Jovana Zajkova

Creative collaborator: Sladjana Vujosevic

6. "Go Figure it out/the remix"

Choreography: Adriana Danchevska Rovchanin

Music: Aleksandar Grozdanovski

Dancers: Dejan Bitrovski and Stephanie Schaarschmidt

7. "The Station"

Choreography: Bojan Micev

Music: Tome Temelkoski

Dancers: Bojan Micev and Emanuela Vurro / Dance Company Osnabruck, Germany
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Production Motion Network / June 2023

During the years this project was supported by: Ministry of Culture of North Macedonia, City of Skopje, Municipality of Stip, and in collaboration with NUCK "Aco Shop" Shtip and SCS Centar Jadro Skopje