Sava Milojevic | Company Artist

Joined OBT in 2024 | Company Artist

Sava Milojević was born in Serbia where he began his ballet training at age eleven. Throughout his professional career, he has worked for nine seasons with notable companies in Europe including the Bayerisches Staatsballett (Bavarian State Ballet) and the Stuttgart Ballet. Alongside his company career, Milojević has also been awarded numerous medals at Serbian national ballet competitions. 

Some of Milojević’s favorite roles include Ali in Le Corsaire, Cavalier in The Nutcracker, the title role in Vaganova’s La Gioconda, the four boys in Balanchine’s Rubies, the Pas de Six in Swan Lake, and George Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante. Milojević enjoyed the one-on-one creation process with Marco Gecko for a solo in the world premiere of his Sweet Bones Melody. He was also featured as one of the four solo boys in the premiere of Le Parc at Bavarian State Ballet. 

Milojević has made numerous international guest appearances in Europe, Asia, and North America. He enjoyed performing Gopak variation and the Don Quixote pas de deux in a gala dedicated to Rudolf Nureyev in Athens, Greece. He also performed Embers, a duet by Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company director Ernst Meisner, in several galas across Germany, Mexico, France, and Belgium. He participated in tours to Japan and South Korea in productions of both Onegin and Romeo and Juliet with the Stuttgart Ballet. He also danced in Romeo and Juliet at the famous Salzburg Festspiel – a renowned international arts festival featured in the movie The Sound of Music. Soon after, Milojević toured to Hong Kong with the Bavarian State Ballet dancing in La Bayadere. 

Milojević was recently part of a world premiere dance production for Cartier’s high jewelry event by choreographer Ilya Jivoy. He was also featured in a short dance film called Lake of Dreams which won over 60 awards at international film festivals in Europe. Aside from his normal working schedule, Milojević has a passion for teaching ballet and has taught internationally in Germany, Serbia, Mexico, the United States, and Italy.