“I Managed the First Yugoslav Private Ballet Troupe” (Interview with Leposava Lokica Stefanović)

Abstract

Leposava Lokica Stefanović is a choreographer and a pioneer of Yugoslav jazz dance. Her troupe Lokice performed with Zdravko Čolić on his 1978 tour ‘Travelling Earthquake’, becoming an instant sensation. Lokica became a recognisable symbol of the genuine dance craze that swept Yugoslavia in the late 1970s. The interview was conducted in Belgrade in 2015.