Activities
As an ethnochoreologist, my primary focus is research, engaging in academic and scientific writing, attending conferences and symposia, holding lectures and much more.
As a drama and audiovisual artist of Stage Traditional Folk Dance and Music, I create choreographies for the stage, perform, direct, write, and fully engage in the arts.
Choreographies
Publications
Petrović, Nikola. (2018). Ein Überblick über die Volksmusik des Balkans. München: GRIN-Verlag.
Petrović, Nikola. (2024). "Contemporary Dangers in Researching the Field in the Republic of Srpska in Retrospect to the Yugoslav War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: An Experience from the Field in the Area of Kozara and Potkozarje". In: Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies: Ethics, Risks and Safety in the Field, Vol. 43 (2024), Ed. Juan Sebastián Gómez-Garcia & Polina Timina. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, Dance Studies Association, pp. 137-153, available: https://doi.org/10.3998/conversations.5952.
Petrović, Nikola (2024). Multiculturalism in Serbia through the Lenses of Ethnicity, Identity, Politics, and Ethnochoreogenesis: The Case of Kılıç, Kalač, Kalačojna, and Kolloqoj in the Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Unpublished thesis (M.A.). Limerick: Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.
Lectures, Conferences & Symposia Attendances
"Traditional Folk Music and Dances of Serbia (Ethnochoreological Zones and Areas)", Heilbronn, Germany, Alevitisches Kultur Zentrum, 02/03/2019.
"Stage Traditional Folk Dance and Music: Basic Principles of Choreographic Composition", online, 06/04/2024.
"Challenges in Developing Serbian Terminology for Traditional Folk Dance and Music", Izmir, Türkiye, 33rd Symposium of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology, International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance, 24/07/2024.
"A Cross-Cultural Comparative Exploration of Serbian and Japanese Stage Traditional Folk Dance", Kyōto, Japan, 5th Kyōto Conference on Arts, Media and Culture, International Academic Forum, 18/10/2024.
Fieldworks
Gora-region (Prizrenska Gora) in Serbia (Province of Kosovo and Metohija), May 2017 - ethnochoreological, ethnomusicological and ethnological research
Grmeč-region in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), June 2019 - ethnochoreological, ethnomusicological and ethnological research
Kozara- and Potkozarje-region in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), June 2019 - ethnochoreological, ethnomusicological and ethnological research
Banat-region in Romania, July 2019 - ethnochoreological research
Banat-region in Serbia (Province of Vojvodina), July 2019 - ethnochoreological, ethnomusicological and ethnological research
National Ensemble "Kolo" in Belgrade, Serbia, May 2024 - ethnochoreological research
Memberships
International Dance Council - CID, UNESCO
International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance - ICTMD, UNESCO
ICTMD National Committee for Germany - Chair: Dorit Klebe
Study Group on Ethnochoreology - Chair: Placida Staro
Sub-Study Group on 19th Century Round Dances - Chair: Egil Bakka
Sub-Study Group on Dance and Diaspora - Chair: Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg
Sub-Study Group on Ethnochoreology Matters - Chair: Daniela Ivanova-Nyberg
Sub-Study Group on Movement Analysis - Chair: Siri Mæland and János Fügedi
Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe - Chair: Mehmet Öcal Özbilgin
International Academic Forum - IAFOR
Choreographer: Nikola Petrović
Musical Arrangement: Ljupčo Božinovski and Šerif Mustafa
Presented Area: Prizrenska Gora, Province of Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia (Goranci)
Choreographic Genre: Ritual-Custom Dramatisation
Release Year: 2016