Born in Zagreb in 1978, she is a dance artist, certified movement analyst–somatic practitioner (CMA-SP), registered somatic movement educator (RSME), and infant developmental movement educator (IDME).
She trained through the programs of the School for Body-Mind Centering®: Infant Developmental Movement Education in Italy in 2008 and Somatic Movement Education in France in 2015, as well as through Laban/Bartenieff & Somatic Studies International. She graduated in Art History and French Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. In Zagreb, she also completed two years of training in dance movement psychotherapy.
Since 2003, she has authored and co-authored numerous performances and in situ works. Her artistic practice and research are strongly shaped by somatic practice and an interest in improvisation, as well as by collaboration with artists working in other media, especially visual artists.
She is a co-founder of the artistic organization Multimedijala koliba. She initiated and, from 2007 to 2021, served as artistic co-director of the international festival Improspekcije. She is also the initiator of the regional platform SomaHut, which brings together artists and experts from various fields around a shared interest in somatic work.
She teaches at the Dance Department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, at the postgraduate specialist study program in Creative Therapy at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, and in the four-year Dance Movement Psychotherapy training program in Zagreb. She also leads workshops for diverse groups of participants in collaboration with associations, museums, and artistic organizations.
