damir vijuk

dramaturg, playwright and theatre writer, amember of the Ister teatar

Born on 13. 06. 1967. in Belgrade. Studied dramaturgy on Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade from 1992-96. A member of Association of Independent Theatres (ANET), The Union of Dramatic Artists of Serbia (SDUS).
Member of Ister Theater, independent theatre, whose work characterizes researching and connection of dance techniques and drama expression techniques.
Participated in European Cultural Foundation projects Art for Social Change – Play against Violence, that involved work with youngsters, mostly teenagers.

performances\stage plays :

2009. SMOKING KILLS – one man show - playwright - Magacin u Kraljevića Marka; REFRACT FESTIVAL (Beograd, Požarevac,Zrenjanin)
2008. POLYPTYCH – dramaturg - Dah theatre – Center for Theatre Research;
2007: THREE SISTERS OR ALL AROUND CHECKOV – dramaturg - Magacin u Kraljevića Marka, Teatro della Contaddizione – Milan, INFANT - Novi Sad, etc (Dimitrije Parlić Award for best Choreography);
2007. BOOM, BANG – DOG and MAN, playwright, - Bitef Theatre
2005. BEACH – street performance, storywright, dramaturg - fountain in front of the hotel Hyatt, BELEF
2005. VIRGIN ISLANDS – performance, storywright, dramaturg - House of Youth, Belgrade.
2004. WEDDING (AT SERBS) – street performance - storywright, dramaturg and participant,- Mira Trailović Square, Belgrade Summer Festival, BELEF
2003. HEAT– street performance, storywright, dramaturg and participant - the façade of Yugoslav Dramatic Theatre, Belgrade Summer Festival -BELEF 2003.
2002. LIST OF SUSPECTS OR WHO ATE THE PUDDING, playwright and dramaturgy - Bitef theatre, 15-th International Festival of Experimental Theatre, Cairo 2003,
360’ festival, Bielefeld, Germany
2001. DESERT, storywright, dramaturg, - Bitef Theatre, Teatro Della Contraddizione, Milan, Italy, 2001,
2000. LINE, playwright, director Djurdja Tešić, in Bitef Theatre
1999. DAMAGE, storywriter, dramaturg, in CZKD (Center for Cultural decontamination),Teatro Della Contraddizione, Milan, Italy, 2000,
AltFEST, Bistrica, Romania, 1999;
The Balkans Festival of Young Theatres, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1999;
International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre, INFANT, Novi Sad,
1998. OUR LADY OF FLOWERS, dramatization of Jean Genet’s novel - Bitef Theatre
1996. IN THE HOLD, dramatization of Vladimir Arsenijević’s novel,
director Nikita Milivojević, Yugoslav Dramatic Theatre,
41. STERIA STAGE (national theatre festival), Novi Sad, 1996, award for the best play,
30. BITEF, Belgrade 1996.

Projects, workshops, work with youngsters:

2004/5. co-author of the project “Inside jump 2 – Traveling Academy of Contemporary Theatre” in the organization of Ister Theatre, Objective Drama Project and Omen Theatre.
2003/4. co-author of the project “Inside jump 1 – Traveling Academy of Conteporary Theatre” in the organization of Ister Theatre, Objective Drama Project and Omen Theatre.
2003. leader of dramaturgy workshop “Round around – by the path of dramaturgy” in framework project of the Recourse center in the ECF (European cultural foundation) organization.
2002/3. Coordinator of the Association of Independent Theatres in project “Play Against Violence 3”, of Art for Social Change program, in the European Cultural Foundation organization.
2001-2003. one of the Ister Theatre’s workshops leader in project “Play Against Violence 2 i 3”, of Art for Social Change program in the European Cultural Foundation organization, from which Ister Theatre Youth Division emerged.

performances and movies with youngsters :

2004. YOUTH WILL HAVE ITS FLING – third part, short film - organisation comunication channel and workshop leader, director Goran Stanković, the film emerged as a result of workshop“Round around – by the path of dramaturgy” in framework project of the Recourse center in the European cultural foundation organization, which is shown on the Young Short Film Festival in Tartuu, Lithuania 2004.

2003. INTRO, dramaturg and one of the workshop leaders from wich ISTER THEATRE YOUTH DIVISION performance emerged in Cultural center REX

2002. CHOOSE LIFE, dramaturg and one of the workshop leaders from wich ISTER THEATRE YOUTH DIVISION performance emerged in Bitef Theatre

2001. SHOWCASE, dramaturg, joint performance of the members of the Association of Independent Theatres ANET, premiere performed on BREAKIN ’ WALLS festival in Amsterdam, NES THEATRES, 2001.