The Dunja Jocić Foundation is a fast-rising contemporary dance company led by choreographer, director, and VSCD Swan winner Dunja Jocić.
Dunja Jocić is known for her powerful and emotive physical language and cinematic storytelling, Jocić creates immersive performances that explore the human condition: the politics of perception, our relationship with technology, mortality, and the drive for transformation. Her background in rhythmic gymnastics, film, and ballet gives her a distinctive and compelling choreographic voice.
Jocić has worked with leading companies and artists such as Club Guy & Roni, Hans van Manen, Ballet du Nord, Peter Greenaway, and composer Yannis Kyriakides. Her solo “No flowers, please” marked the beginning of an expanding international body of work across stage and screen.
Contemporary dance from the Netherlands on the international stage
In recent years, her work has reached a wide audience in the Netherlands, with annual premieres at Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam and tours to major venues with enthusiastic audience responses and critical acclaim.
Internationally, she is gaining recognition with commissions from Gauthier Dance (Stuttgart), Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (Rome), Stadttheater Braunschweig, Dance Company Osnabrück, and Hessisches Staatsballett (Wiesbaden).
Choreography across disciplines: dance, film, and performance art
Her dance films Mirroring and Bird have received multiple international awards and nominations and continue to screen at festivals worldwide, years after their release. With a sharp instinct for meaningful artistic partnerships, from writer Barbi Marković and actor Ramsey Nasr to composer Michael Gordon and visual artist Filip Mikić, Jocić creates layered works that challenge and expand the boundaries of what dance theater can be.
Recent pieces such as We, Us and Other Games, Moonfall, Afternoon of a Nymph and FOLK, show a maker on the rise: bold, uncompromising, and evolving a voice that is deeply personal yet increasingly resonant on an international stage.
Read the Interview of Dunja Jocić by TittyMag
The TittyMag spoke with Dunja Jocić on her creation, *Afternoon of a Nymph*, her journey from rhythmic gymnastics to the international dance world, and how personal experiences and societal themes converge in her work.
Watch Dunja Jocić | Portrait
A film by Rauwkost, commissioned by the Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds on the occasion of her nomination for the Gieskes-Strijbis Podiumprijs.
FOLK | The new choreographic work by DUNJA JOCIĆ
Currently on tour with more than 20 performances in the Netherlands
