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ANDJELKANIKOLIC was born in 1977, Graduated from the department of Theatre and Radio Directing of Faculty of Dramatic Arts, in the class of professors Slavenko Saletovic and Ljubomir Draskic, as well as from department of French Language and Literature of Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. Her work as a director includes: Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright (Gallery Progrès, Belgrade), The Deceived after Jovan Sterija Popovic (National Theatre Vrsac, Romanian Stage), Vucjak by Miroslav Krleza (National Theatre Kikinda), Wedding by N.V. Gogol (NT Kikinda) and Dusk by Ivo Vojnovic (Bitef Theatre). With Radio Belgrade, she directed numerous radio plays - by Vladimir Simic, Ivo Vojnovic and Danilo Kis. Awarded Best Director and Best Play prizes at the Festival of the Classics in Vrsac. She translates from French and English. She is a member of artistic company Hop.la! REVIEWS Luck with Lagarce Because she completely understands the importance of speech mechanisms, the director grants herself the liberty to be as imaginative as she wants, enhancing the structure. She does so by expanding (i.e. tripling) the Lady's monologue using choreographed parts enacted by roles of two Models, as well as by singing parts of a Male and Female vocals. In doing so she achieves multiple things, apart from scene dynamics and attractiveness and a very playful effect she also achieves additional metaphoric meanings... The director's treatment of the play can be easily understood, the audience can follow it without much effort, yet it's most prominent effect is its dynamism, humour and witty entertainment... Social standards are not here only to terrorize spontaneity and freedom, but also to ease the acceptance of the final confrontation. Rules are meant to make life more difficult, and to ease moment of death... This must be a civic illusion - The lady does not seem to be very calm and ready - but recognizing this aspect of the play, this transition from social themes to metaphysical ones, from lonesco to Beckett, is surely another quality of this play. This amazing play. Ivan Medenica/'Vreme", 20 March 2008