{"id":6729,"date":"2014-02-05T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/?p=6729"},"modified":"2019-03-29T21:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:08:29","slug":"vesna-banovcanin-1st-place-world-dance-olympiad-winner-moscow-russia-street-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/vesna-banovcanin-1st-place-world-dance-olympiad-winner-moscow-russia-street-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong><em>VESNA BANOVCANIN<\/strong><\/em> 1ST PLACE WORLD DANCE OLYMPIAD WINNER | MOSCOW RUSSIA | STREET SOLO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1927.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6730\" src=\"\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1927-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1927\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While taking Classical Ballet classes at an early age my career was finished before it got started. Due to a knee injury, I decided to go back to school to become a pharmacist. I was a pharmacist for 20 years until one day I decided I wanted to dance again. Dance is my passion, but now I have a family, two children, and a husband. My desire to dance again, lead me to take Hip Hop classes for 3 years. I finally got the courage to enter an International Dance Competition and the rest was history. I won Dancer of the Year (Balkan, in the Street Solo Category) I was very happy about winning because I used my own choreography to win. Dance lives in my heart and soul and to win 1st prize was truly an honor. &nbsp;As I sit back, I am so thankful for such an opportunity because I was a senior in the category as far as age goes. The age range started at 16 years old and I was 41 at the time competing against 16 year olds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dancer of the Year Balkan 2011. Smederevo - Vesna Banov\u010danin\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSPTgbAuH_A?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;playsinline=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After that event, I went on to do other competitions but my biggest success was winning 1st PRIZE at the World&nbsp;Dance Olympiad held in Moscow Russia.&nbsp;The age range in category; Street show solo seniors 2 (35+). At that time I was 43.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X World Dance Olympiad, Moscow 2013, Vesna Banovcanin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQH8afJut1o?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;playsinline=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To date, I am still dancing, and now, I have my own studio with some partners that are 30 and up, the studio is called the Colors of Dance. For those that are wondering we also compete as a group. It should be noted that my partners do not have any prior dancing experience. The Arts bonds us together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dance Fest Novi Sad 2013, the Colors of Dance Serbia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P6SdUQkLRxM?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;playsinline=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Once I found that there was a Magazine out that supported Hip Hop Dancers I was compelled to share my story. It is my ultimate goal to Inspire women all over the world of all ages to follow their dreams. I am a mother and wife and I am filled with some much joy. I would also like to emphasize not to let age keep you from pursuing your dreams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1889.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6731\" src=\"\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1889-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1889\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have the support of my family and my husband. I love him even more for understanding and being there for me.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to thank Dance Mogul Magazine for sharing my story with the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bookings and more info:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vesna.banovcanin<\/p>\n<p>Love, Vesna Banovcanin Serbia..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While taking Classical Ballet classes at an early age my career was finished before it got started. Due to a knee injury, I decided to go back to school to become a pharmacist. I was a pharmacist for 20 years until one day I decided I wanted to dance again. Dance is my passion, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,4,22,90],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-6729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breakin","category-exclusive-interviews","category-news","category-street-dance-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6729"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=6729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}