DANCE ALCHEMY has been developed through years of collaboration with artists, communities, institutions, and organizations across the fields of dance, personal development, and professional practice.
🎭 Performing Arts & Creation
Slovene National Ballet (from corps de ballet to principal roles)
Collaborated as a freelancer with 70+ contemporary choreographers and theatre directors
Founder of Fičo Balet — international touring dance company
Created and performed in productions across Europe, USA, Russia, and Asia
👉 See where Goran’s artistic work was presented (expand)
Aerowaves - The Place Theatre - London (uk
Junge hunde festival - The Single-Antwerp (b)
Junge hunde festival - Copenhagen (dk)
Taganka Theater - Moscow (ru)
Puskhin Theatre - Moscow (ru)
Judson Church - New York (usa)
DTW- Dance Theatre Workshop - New York (usa)
Boston Cyberarts Festival - Boston (usa)
Cinars, Studio 303 - Montreal (ca)
Staatstheater - Hannover (d)
Hebbel Theater - Berlin (d)
Ponec Theatre - Prague (cz)
Merlin International Theatre - Budapest (hu)
Teatri dello Sport - Milano (it)
Dance Forum - Monaco
National Theatre – Warsaw (pl)
Silesian Dance Festival - Bytom (pl)
Other Vision festival - Volgograd (ru)
Tanzhafenfestival Linz (a
Tanzwerkstatt Europa - Munchen (d)
Tanzhaus NRW - Dusseldorf (d)
Montenegro National Theatre - Podgorica (mng)
Macedonian National Theatre – Skopje (mak)
Istrian National Theatre - Pula (cro)
Belgrade drama theatre - Belgrade (srb)
Int.Theaterfestival Buhnenwerkstatt - Graz (a)
Mittelfest - Cividale del Friuli (it)
L`Auditorium - Cahor’s (fr)
Infant festival - Novi sad (srb)
Summer stage - Opatija (cro)
Theatre ITD - Zagreb (cro)
Festival Dance Meeting – Duress (alb)
Dansstationen/Palladium – Malmö (s)
Teatro Curvo Samedo – Montemor-o-novo (p)
ZVRK! festival - Sarajevo (bih)
Lokomotion festival - Skopje (mak)
Antistatic Festival - Sofija (bulg)
LINZ 09 - Cultural capital of Europe - Linz (at)
Rustaveli theatre - Tbilisi (georgia)
Performing mix festival - New York (usa)
Tokyo Contact Festival (jp)
National Theatre Opera and Balet - Ljubljana (slo)
Slovenian National Theatre - Maribor (slo)
Slovenian National Theatre - Nova gorica (slo)
Cankarjev dom - Ljubljana (slo)
Stara mestna Elektrarna - Ljubljana (slo)
Kino Šiška - Ljubljana (slo)
Anton Podbevšek Teater – Novo mesto (slo)
Primorski Poletni Festival - Portorož (slo)
Theatre Koper (slo)
Festival Ana Desetnica - Ljubljana (slo)
Festival Trnfest - Ljubljana (slo)
Puppet Theatre Ljubljana (slo)
Teater Gromki - Ljubljana (slo)
Theatre Križanke - Ljubljana (slo)
Festival Kamfest - Kamnik (slo)
Festival GongFest - Nova Gorica (slo)
Festival Rdeči revirji - Hrastnik (slo)
Festival Gibanica - Ljubljana (slo)
Festival Exodos - Ljubljana (slo)
CoFestival - Ljubljana (slo)
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🏛 Platforms, Institutions & Development
Co-creator of Kino Šiška — Centre for Urban Culture (Ljubljana)
Co-founder of Nomad Dance Academy — regional network across 6 countries
Initiator of Gibanica — Slovenian contemporary dance platform
Co-founder of CoFestival — international contemporary dance festival
Co-creator of the Centre for Contemporary Dance Arts Slovenia
🌍 International Teaching & Collaborations
Workshops, trainings, and programs delivered in 23 countries, including:
ImpulsTanz — Vienna
Gurdjieff Institute — Tbilisi
Bali Spirit Festival — Ubud
TanzWerkstatt Europa — Munich
K3 Tanzplan — Hamburg
CCDC — Cairo
Tokyo Contact Improvisation Festival
SEAD — Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
Ochanomizu University — Tokyo
academies, studios, festivals, and organizations worldwide
👉 See full teaching list (expand)
Bali Spirit Festival (indonesia)
ImpulsTanz Vienna (austria)
Gurdjieff Institute Tbilisi (georgia)
Tokyo Contact Impro festival - Tokyo (japan)
SEAD - Salzurg Academy of Experimental Dance (austria)
Ultima vez -Brussels (belgium)
TanzWerkstat Europa - Munich (germany)
CCDC Cairo Contemporary Dance Center - (egypt)
Ochanomizu University - Tokyo (japan)
Cambridge school - Boston (usa)
Performing mix festival - New York (usa)
Art Research Institute / Ilia State University -Tbilsi (georgia)
K3 Tanzplan - Hamburg (germany)
Dancentrum - Istanbul (turkey)
Dance Academy - Odessa (ukraine)
Dance Theatre Ljubljana (slovenia)
Station - Belgrade (serbia)
Tanzelarija - Sarajevo (bosnia and hercegovina),
Dance meeting Durres (albania)
Silesian Dance Festival -Bytom (poland)
Amarican-Czech Puppet Theatre - New York (usa)
Green Street Studios - Boston (usa)
Modul-dance conference @ Mercat des Flores - Barcelona (spain)
No borders project - Tenerife (spain) & Bali (Indonesia)
Art Factory - Lodz (poland)
nunART - Barcelona (spain)
Movement kitchen - Ho Chi Minh (vietnam)
Buen Festival - Borneo (indonesia)
ArchiTanz - Tokyo (japan)
Fičo Dance Journey - slovenia, croatia, indonesia
ACTIS Associazione Culturale Teatro Immagine Suono - Trieste (italy)
Improvisation school ligue - ŠILA (slovenia)
JSKD - Velenje & Novo mesto (slovenia)
Youth centers: Ljubljana, Maribor, Trbovlje (slovenia)
Terpsihora - Šempeter pri Novi gorici (slo)
Primary schools: Sevnica, Kostanjevica na Krki, (slovenia)
Primary school / Malaka - Lombok (indonesia)
High school for contemporary dance - Ljubljana (slovenia)
High schools: Ramsauer gimnasium and Hamerlingschule - Linz (austria)
High schools for pedagogy: Ljubljana, Jesenice, Nova Gortica (slovenia)
High school for art: Maribor (slovenia)
Faculty of Education at University of Ljubljana (slovenia)
WOW Bali (indonesia)
ACIR Asian Conference on Interdisciplinary Research - Bali (indonesia)
among others.
🧠 Education, Research & Practice Development
Development of a long-term weekly training practice
(Ficho Training / The Art of Dance Alchemy — since 2006)
Creation of 100+ Dance Alchemy tools, methods, and principles
Application across:
dance institutions
universities
schools
corporate environments
retreats and transformational spaces
Contributor to TRYANGLE – Performing Arts Research Laboratories
(international cross-disciplinary research project)
🌐 Community & Experiential Initiatives
Co-creator of “Go Out & Dance” — international public space movement initiative (International Dance Day)
Creator of Fičo Dance Journey — 14-day international workshop & community experience
Development of platforms, rehearsal spaces, and community-based projects
Focus on activating movement beyond traditional studio and performance contexts
🤝 Organizations & Clients
Work delivered for:
UNICEF
Ericsson
Sandoz
Slovenian Football Association
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (Slovenia)
Centre for Treatment of Drug Addiction
Cultural institutions, NGOs, and international networks
🥇 Awards & Recognition
Triton Award — Best Dance Performance (Slovenia)
Dance Artist of the Year — Nedelo Magazine
DanceWEB Scholarship — Vienna
ArtsLink Award — New York
UNESCO Aschberg Award — Montreal
Scholarly Award — Asian International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research (Bali 2017)