About Me

I am an artist, Jazz dancer, movement and embodiment researcher, and educator devoted to the legacy of Authentic Jazz - the social dances born within African American communities.

Born and raised in Croatia with Kenyan roots, I grew up studying piano, developing a deep sensitivity to rhythm, musicality, and expression. Today, my work is an ongoing exploration of my relationship with Black arts, spirituality, and identity. I see dance not only as an art form, but as a somatic practice of becoming - a way of embodying rhythm, groove, possibility, and imagination while bridging the imagined and the tangible through performance, dance education, and creative practice.

This question continues to guide my teaching, performances, and creative work: How can I become more of myself, and share that with the world in a way that moves others to discover that within themselves?

I am particularly interested in how rhythm, groove, imagination, and presence can be physically embodied, and how dance can become a bridge between the worlds we imagine and the ones we bring into being.

Over the years, I have had the privilege of teaching, performing, and judging in more than 20 European countries, as well as in New York, Harlem, Houston, Montreal, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, and Bangkok. I have performed at Grachtenfestival and the North Sea Jazz Festival, and have been honoured to be awarded 1st place three times in the Jazz division of the International Lindy Hop Championships (ILHC), including most recently in Montreal. To receive this recognition in places so deeply connected to the history of Jazz, particularly Harlem and Montreal, has been a profound honour.

My artistic inspiration is deeply rooted in the work of Jazz, Shake, and Tap dancers such as Mabel Lee, Eunice Wilson, Josephine Baker, Bessie Dudley, Marie Bryant, Louise "Jota" Cook, and Sahji Jackson. Their artistry continues to shape the way I approach rhythm, musicality, expression, embodiment, and storytelling through movement.

Whether in a studio, on stage, or online, I hope to create spaces where rhythm is deeply embodied, curiosity is welcomed, and movement becomes a path toward greater freedom, artistry, and connection.