Multidisciplinary performance “Present Perfect,” draws inspiration from the concept of self-perfection as influenced by modern capitalist society. We aim to challenge the notion of perfection by questioning: What if instead of striving for perfection, we focus on being present? Why can’t being present be considered perfect? This collaborative performance integrates various mediums, including contemporary dance, physical theatre, electronic and acoustic music, and video art.

Dancers / co-authors: Olga Uzikaeva (Serbia/Russia), Rade Obradović (Serbia), Maxim Korolev (Russia/Serbia)
Musicians / co-authors: Milos Dimitrijević (Serbia), Dulce Melos (USA/Serbia)
Video Artist: Maxim Korolev
Executive producer: Olga Uzikaeva

Olga Uzikaeva

Olga Uzikaeva, born in Vladivostok, Russia, is a contemporary dance artist, improviser, and choreographer known for her boundary-pushing work at the intersection of dance, theatre, and visual art. She frequently collaborates across disciplines, exploring instant composition – ‘choreography’ unfolding in the present moment. Olga’s creative practice delves into the intimate connection between mind and body, emphasizing the power of intuition in her work. Olga has performed and been a resident in such spaces as AnnaTheater (Helmond/Netherlands); PROJET-H107, Théâtre Forum Meyrin (Geneva/Switzerland); Cove Park (Cove/Scotland), Tramway (Glasgow/Scotland), Watershed (Bristol/UK), the University of Plymouth (UK), ZeroPlus (Budapest/Hungary); KC Magacin, Kvaka 22, KC Grad, DC Krov, Dim, Drugstore, KC Ziva, Bioskop Balkan, SKC, and Cvijeta Zuzoric Art Pavillion (Belgrade/Serbia). She also works as a movement director for theater and musical productions and leads dance and movement workshops for people of various ages and backgrounds. In 2022, she was a guest teacher at Edinburgh University for the MSc ‘Dance and Education’ students. Olga is a member of the curatorial team for the Liquid Becomings project, the winner of the European Pavilion grant in 2024. For the last six years, Olga has been based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Rade Obradović

Rade is a multidisciplinary artist and dancer who uses his dreams, unconscious, animalistic, human, individual and collective experiences in his work. He creates from now, organically, asking and answering in the given moment.

Maxim Korolev

Maxim is a dancer, actor, comedian, and digital artist, with generative and degenerative art at the center of his interests.

Miloš Dimitrijević

Miloš is a Belgrade based musician and producer, working at the intersection of minimal, improvised and ambient music.

Dulce Melos
Dulce Melos is a compositional and performance practice based around the hammered dulcimer. It is most often applied to live sound scores for dance, film soundtracking, street performance and intimate concerts for the elderly, sick or bed-bound. One can hear traces along the path of the instrument’s original dissemination: from South Asian drone to traditional British reels to Appalachian mountain tunes to the piano and organ music of the American minimalists.