Our School Team
Anna Jojic-Begovic
During her vast teaching career that spans over 30 years Anna Jojic-Begovic spent most of those years as a Senior Ballet Teacher and a Repetiteur at Canadas’ National Ballet School, Toronto, where she taught for over 13 years ; at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, UK where she worked with Junior and Senior students and as a Repetiteur, and at John Cranko Ballet School of Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart, Germany where she was a Senior ballet teacher for over 12 years teaching students ranging from junior levels to graduating level.
During those years beside teaching, Anna Jojic-Begovic also rehearsed students for regular school performances, assisted choreographers, prepared students for various competitions as well as for numerous guesting opportunities (John Cranko Ballet Schools’ students performing in Osaka, Japan ; Moscow,Russia ; Stuttgart, Berlin, Ludwigsburg, Chemnitz in Germany, etc). During her teaching career Ms Jojic-Begovic also taught future ballet teachers both at Canadas’ National Ballet School and at John Cranko Ballet School.
Graduated from the State Ballet School “Lujo Davico”, Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. Professionally she danced with the National Opera and Ballet Theater in Belgrade as a soloist, demi soloist and the member of the corps de ballet in works by Marius Petipa, Leonid Lavrovsky, George Balanchine, Milko Sparemblek, Zarko Prebil, Konstantine Sergeyev, Dimitrije Parlic among others and with National Capital dancers under Janet Karin OAM in Australia. Anna Jojic-Begovic also performed as a freelance dancer for various projects and companies.
She studied teaching and graduated with Distinction at Canadas’ National Ballet School Teachers’ Training Programme for Former Professional Dancers,Toronto, Canada ; at Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, England and with Janet Karin OAM in Australia.
Anna Jojic-Begovic guest taught at : Dutch National Ballet Academy,Amsterdam ; Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Canada ; San Francisco Ballet School, USA ; Royal Ballet School, London, England ; The Palucca University of Dance Dresden, Germany ; State Ballet School, Berlin, Germany ; Finish Pedagogues Association ; Finish National Ballet School, Helsinki, Finland ; National Ballet School “Dimitrije Parlic”, Belgrade, Serbia ; Laban Center for Movement and Dance London, England and in Athens, Greece ; State Ballet School Athens, Greece, among others.
Taught Master classes across Canada, Finland and Japan.
Ms.Jojic-Begovic is a certified Pilates Mat teacher ; registered teacher with Royal Academy of Dance and a registered teacher of Cecchetti Ballet with Imperial Society Teachers of Dance.