Tamara Martinović
(born 1984 in Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Serbia

Socialist Republic of Serbia

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, Yugoslavia

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) is a Serbia

Serbia

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n ballet

Ballet

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 dancer. She has performed roles in theatrical musicals such as Chicago

Chicago (musical)

Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...

 and Kiss me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

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 at the Terazije Theatre

Terazije Theatre

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 in Belgrade (the Serbian equivalent to Broadway

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).

Career

Martinović is a graduate of the Ballet School “Lujo Davičo” in Belgrade, and is a student of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology

University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology

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.

She has danced both in musicals and ballet pieces, including in “Cigani lete u nebo (Gypsies fly in the sky), Poljubi me Kejt
(Kiss me Kate), Chicago, Svetlosti pozornice (Stage Lights), Kabare (Cabaret – Bob Fosse), Nova Dobra stara vremena (New Good Old Times), Neki to vole vruće (Some Like it Hot), Zemlja (Earth - Allegado), La Capinera. All of these are performed at the Pozorište na Terazijama. Tamara is also starring in the Theatre on Terazije production of "Maratonci trče počasni krug", which opened in May 2008.

Media performances

Martinović has performed on television with singer Zdravko Čolić

Zdravko Colic

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 and dancer Aleksa Jelic.