Petra Hrašćanec, biography

Petra Hrašćanec  started her dance education in Zadar and then  continued  in School for contemporary dance “Ana Maletić” in Zagreb, after wich she enrolled and finished Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. She was a part of Studio Contemporary Dance Company ensemble, and she is the co-founder of artistic organizations dance lab collective and 21:21. She collaborated with choreographers such as: Matthew William Smith, Begum Erciyas, Sanja Petrovski, Katarina  Đurđević, Sanja Tropp Fruehwald, Matija Ferlin, Ksenija Zec and Saša Božić, with whom she collaborates in his dance and theatre projects.

She is the winner of Croatian Drama Artist Prize 2012. for best female dance performance for her solo in Love will tear us apart.

She teaches professional classes in Studio Contemporary Dance Company, Zadar dance company, SEAD and Academy of dramatic art in Zagreb.