Swan Lake

Creative team

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  Sasha Evtimova

  Choreographer / Director

  Sasha Evtimova is an international ballet artist, choreographer, and pedagogue who specialises in bridging classical and contemporary dance styles. Throughout her career as a performer, she has built an artistic voice rooted in expression and discipline, collaborating with numerous companies and artists globally. Notably, she has been heavily involved with the National Opera and Ballet of North Macedonia as both a performer and choreographer, contributing choreography to major opera productions like Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Turandot, alongside creating modern ballet works like La, La, La.... In addition to her performance and creation work, which includes staging contemporary projects like The Silent Absurd, Evtimova is a dedicated dance educator and mentor focused on nurturing upcoming generations of dancers.

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  Bjorn Dobbelaere

  Music Supervision

  With over twenty-five years of experience spanning musical theatre, opera, and theatre, Björn Dobbelaere is an accomplished conductor, musical director, and stage director. An Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in London, where he previously served as Head of Musical Theatre, his extensive international credits include The Phantom of the Opera (London), Oliver! (Göteborg), Infernal Affairs (Shanghai), Les Misérables (London), Miss Saigon (Göteborg), Carousel (London), Soldaat van Oranje (Amsterdam), Spring Awakening (Shanghai), Wicked (Göteborg), and Little Women (London).

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  Olgica Gjorgieva

  Costume designer

  Olgica Gjorgieva is a prominent Macedonian fashion and costume designer renowned for her elegant, feminine aesthetic and highly conceptual presentations. Based in Skopje, she has become a celebrated figure across the Balkans, showcasing her collections frequently at major industry events like Fashion Weekend Skopje. Her work seamlessly bridges the worlds of haute couture, performance, and narrative design. She is particularly noted for theatrical, story-driven runway collaborations that blend high fashion with expressive movement, often drawing inspiration from classic fairy tales and historical structures to create fluid, dramatic silhouettes on stage.