Matea Milas

Matea Milas

Soloist

Matea Milas

She was born in 1990 in Prague, Czech Republic. She graduated from the School of Classical Ballet in Zagreb in 2006 in the class of Professor Tatjana Marunić Brcko. In the following two years, she danced in Zagreb's Croatian National Theatre Ballet ensemble in performances such as The Nutcracker, Coppelia on Montmartre, Sleeping Beauty, and The Devil in the Village. She participated in performances of the ballet troupe Croatia in the ballets Caligula and Dance of the Cadets, touring in Italy and Switzerland with the Croatian National Theatre Split. She has been a member of the Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Split since 2008, and she was promoted to soloist in 2014.

Awards and Recognitions

  • "Ana Roje" Award for Best Artistic Achievement in Ballet in the seasons 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.
  • Nomination for the Croatian Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement by Young Artists for the role of Effy in the ballet La Sylphide, choreographed by Karina Elver, 2017.
  • Nomination for the Croatian Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement by Young Artists for the performance in the play Dodir, choreographed by Rami Be'er, 2011.
  • Third place at the International Ballet Competition "Mia Čorak Slavenska", 2008.
  • Third place at the International Ballet Competition New Generation in Győr, 2006.
  • Second place at the International Ballet Competition "Mia Čorak Slavenska", 2006.