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Body music spring: Workshops in Koprivnica, Belgrade, Poznan and Karlovac, concerts with Slavyk in Bytom and Krakow; premieres of videos from World Music Festival Bratislava.

Balkan body music in Poland and Serbia in December: workshops and performances. Recording the next album of Alice in WonderBand and new project, Slavyk.

Balkan body music November: recording new songs of Alice in WonderBand and Slavyk, IMBF in Athens, workshops and concert in Poland, in Krakow and Poznan.

Performances and workshops of Alice in WonderBand in October: Balkan body music in Gwangju, Zagreb, Sombor and Belgrade.

Alice in WonderBand showed off a fascinating musical-dance spectacle at the World Music Festival Bratislava.

Balkan body music traveling to Maraton Hudby Brno, World Music Festival Bratislava, Zvuk for Modra, Zvuk for Štiavnica in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Meet us in September in Croatia, Serbia and Switzerland.

Alice in WonderBand: Balkan body music in August in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Serbia, New Balkan Rhythm festival in Sremski Karlovci.

Balkan body music, Alice in WonderBand in July at Folkest, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Trefpunt festival, Gentse Feesten and in Trenčin.

Balkan body music in June: performance and workshop in Krakow – Kontakt, collab with CISI, concert in Rosenheim, workshop in Belgrade.

The song Ko peva zlo ne misli is a collaboration of Polish duo CISI, Julia Lewandowska and Łukasz Malok, and Serbian duo Alice in Wonderband.

Balkan body music in May in Nijmegen, Munich, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Bytom and Krakow: workshops, concerts, interactive performances.

Alice in WonderBand – Ana Vrbaški and Marko Dinjaški – were in residency at Rozbark Theater (Bytom, Poland) with the support of Culture Moves Europe program.

Balkan body music April of Alice in WonderBand: Balkan Trafik, workshop and concert in Ljubljana, workshop in Belgrade.

Workshops and performances in Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Bytom, Poznan, residency in Teatr Rozbark – Alice in WonderBand in March.

Body music workshops and concerts in February: Belgrade, Bytom, Krakov, Bratislava.

The body music workshop is a great, fun musical practice for everyone! Join us on Sunday, February 4 from 11 AM to 12 PM at Kuća umetnica (Gospodar Jevremova 25, Belgrade) for a workshop for adults. We will move, sing, look into each other’s eyes and enjoy community.

Merry Christmas and a happy new body music year!

November Balkan body music: WOMEX and Porto memories, shows in Serbia, home concert with Vilma Talvitie, radio shows.

Alice in WonderBand: concerts, kid’s shows, workshops and presentations in October; So Alive Music Conference and WOMEX.

The first Balkan MOST festival and conference were held in Vesprem, where we had the opportunity to present Alice in WonderBand, body music from the Balkans.

Jovano Jovanke – music video of Alice in WonderBand premieres September 5. The recording of this music video was supported by MOST Music project.

The New Balkan Rhythm festival was held from August 25 to 27 for the second time in Sremski Karlovci at the Radulovački Ecological Center.

Alice in WonderBand’s body music tour in Slovakia in August.

Max Pollak is a dancer, musician, singer, choreographer, lecturer. He’s leading body percussion workshop at the New Balkan Rhythm festival in Sremski Karlovci.

Anna Llombart is a tap dancer, choreographer and body percussionist that will lead workshops on the New Balkan Rhythm festival.

New Balkan Rhythm body music festival coming in the end of August! AWb performs in Montenegro, Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia – and more.

Elena Hristova – Singer, musician, composer, researcher, educator, she will perform with her band Baklava and lead a workshop at the New Balkan Rhythm festival.

Ben Schuetz is a body percussionist and body musician, founder of Body Rhythm festival in Hamburg. He will teach workshops at the New Balkan Rhythm festival in Sremski Karlovci.

Alice in WonderBand – Balkan body music – in July in North Macedonia (D festival), Bulgaria (A to Jazz festival), Serbia (DombosFest, ARLEMM) and Montenegro (Barski ljetopis).

The crowdfunding campaign for the New Balkan Rhythm festival at the crowdfunding platform Dobri Dabar is successful! See you in August in Sremski Karlovci.

Join us in Ljubljana, Prulček, on 18th of March at 6 PM for a body music workshop, to sing and dance and learn some Balkan body music.

The article was written for Serbian portal nova.rs by Ana Vrbaški – About the impossible and the roots – about body music and Alice in WonderBand.

We’ll meet on International day of body music online to teach you irregular rhythms from the Balkans and other juicy rhythmical stuff with addition of singing.

Body music group from the Balkans, Alice in WonderBand: debut album RikaTaka New Balkan Rhythm, festival New Balkan Rhythm and more

New Balkan Rhythm workshop of odd/irregular rhythms, body percussion and world music will be held by Alice in WonderBand online. Join us!

AWb’s music news – RikaTaka New Balkan Rhythm and MOST Balkan Music Export programme

Welcome to the first New Balkan Rhythm festival: workshops of body music of Anna Llombart, Max Pollak, Ben Schuetz, Alice in WonderBand, performances and delightful cultural experience.

Join us in September in first body music festival in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia – New Balkan Rhythm festival.

AWb had a concert of body muisc from Balkans in Zagreb and workshop of irregular rhythms from Balkans in Samobor in February in Croatia.

New Balkan Rhythm workshop of odd/irregular rhythms, body percussion and world music will be held by Alice in WonderBand monthly online. Join us!

You can listen to Alice in WonderBand ‘s music on Music around the world radio show with Howie Moscovitch as host on Electraland Radio in February.

New Balkan Rhythm workshop of odd/irregular rhythms will be held by Alice in WonderBand online on International day of body music.

An article from Peter Kees of Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 11th 2018, about Alice in WonderBand’s performance in Meta Theater.

Pumpkin broth is made quickly and easily from simple ingredients. It’s the perfect appetizer for every lunch. The combination of spices is what makes it delicious.

Alice in WonderBand will be staring in TV Arte’s Zu Tisch Vojvodina about Novi Sad and Fruska gora.

Chili brownies combine sweet and spicy into a perfectly unusual dessert. It’s made from simple ingredients and gives a rich chocolate taste with a hint of spiciness.

Red lentil paprikash and garlic bread are a perfectly balanced meal that can be prepared for any occasion. It is suitable for vegetarians.

Oatmeal crumble pie with apple and quince is rich in fruit and made without crust or dough. It is a perfect autumn dessert, easy and quick to prepare. Recipes of Dinjaški – Vrbaški family.

Gomasio, gomashio or sesame salt is a nutritious Japanese spice low in sodium. It is suitable for vegans and people with gluten intolerance.

Ruse kose is a traditional song from Serbia. Learn body music and body percussion and irregular rhythms from Balkans with our YouTube workshops!

Gingerbread with lemon and cranberry is a perfect healthy treat for cold days. They go best with a cup of hot tea. Delicious – and easy to make.

Celery leaf soup is easy and quick to make. It’s suitable for vegans and gluten free. It’s also tasty, healthy, and rich in nutrients.

Pumpkin cake is a dessert perfect for autumn, and very easy to prepare, healthy and nutritious. We use coconut, carob, peanuts, chocolate, oatmeal and nutmeg.

Learn to make unleavened bread easy in less than one hour from family Dinjaski Vrbaski or Alice in WonderBand: vegetarian recipes for a healthy and long life.

Mene majka jednu ima is a traditional song from Bosnia from town of Livno. Learn body music and body percussion and irregular rhythms from Balkans with our YouTube workshops!

Smoothie with herbs is the easiest thing to make in the summer. Eat healthy vegan food!

Kuglof is a very healthy cake and we are making it with carrots, to mix the usual recipe with carrot cake recipe. Eat healthy with Dinjaski Vrbaski family.

Peanut butter is a favorite spread of children and adults. There is no reason to buy an overpriced product with various additives, when the making process is simple and you know what you are eating: peanuts, olive oil and salt

Body music can be used as a powerful tool in social inclusion and the workshops of body music can be a way of overcoming of social and cultural differences. As participants in different projects with goal of implementation of art in social inclusion, leaders of the workshop have had experience of how Body as an instrument workshops can significantly improve skills of some specific, unprivileged groups.

ConneXt youth exchange was held for the second time in Popovica in Fruska gora and we held workshops to young artists from Switzerland and Serbia.

Jovano Jovanke is a traditional song from North Macedonia.Learn body music and body percussion and irregular rhythms from Balkans with our YouTube workshops!

Bukuroshja e lales is a traditional song from Albania. Learn body music and body percussion and irregular rhythms from Balkans with our YouTube workshops!

Izgrjala e mesechinka is a traditional song from Bulgaria. Learn body music and body percussion and irregular rhythms from Balkans with our YouTube workshops!

New Balkan Rhythm super group
New Balkan Rhythm is a festival of body music in Sremski Karlovci.

Body Rhythm festival in Hamburg is an unforgettable experience we return to every year since 2018.

Body Rhythm Festival experience written by Ana Vrbaski. Life changing experience of body music and body percussion in Hamburg.

Alice in WonderBand is a duo of performers bringing together world music and odd beats from the Balkans with body music and body percussion.