Woodbridge Academy of Dance performing around Halloween at the Lake Ridge community event. Left to right: Kelly Ludwig, Ravyn Tynes, Milos Crvic, and Michelle Purdy.

Milos Crvic is an international student at NOVA’s Woodbridge campus. He was born in Belgrade, the capitol of Serbia, in 1989. He started dancing at the age of 10 while attending elementary school. The only reason for dancing, at that time, was to get to know a girl he liked. After a few years, the girl and most of the new friends left the dance school, giving Crvic an opportunity to think of the real reason for attending the school. At some point he wanted to quit but then realized that his love for dancing would not let him do it. Over the years passion for dancing grew, and he continued learning new techniques.

Crvic came to the United States in 2007 as a foreign exchange student to complete his senior year at Woodbridge Senior High School. There, he was involved in dancing section at the Center for Performing Arts, where he performed twice during that his senior year. After graduation he went to Serbia for a summer break but came back to the U.S. as an international student majoring in business administration.

Since 2007 until present time, he has been a member of Capitol Movement Project and Woodbridge Academy of Dance. He has performed in both of the companies and has also been volunteering and teaching at WAD since 2007.

Crvic’s friends set up a workshop for him when he visited his home country for the second time, during the summer of 2009. There were about 35 to 40 people at the workshop, which was “a bigger turnout than expected,” Crvic said.

Woodbridge Academy of Dance is a dance school that offers different styles of dance to people of all ages. In 2008, the Prince William Chamber of Commerce has recognized the Woodbridge Dance Company as the “best cultural and arts organization of the year,” According to the WAD web site. It won a lot of competitions over the last few years, and there is an upcoming competition in Pennsylvania where WAD will participate.
Teachers at WAD are highly trained. Lucetta Furr, the artistic director, is a Julliard alumna who has been teaching at WAD for seven years. Woodbridge Academy of Dance is a home of the Woodbridge Dance Company, a nonprofit organization that organizes two recitals, one in December and one in June, every year. Though Crvic is volunteering and teaching at WAD and dancing in most of the performances, his GPA is 4.0. He should be given a round of applause for being able to take on that much responsibility and succeed.

Crvic is planning to get his B.S. in business and M.B.A. in dancing. He already applied and got accepted in business and dance programs at G.M.U., Missouri State University and Shenandoah University. But he decided to finish NOVA first and then reapply.

After he is done with studying, Crvic may go back to Serbia and open his own dance company or stay in the U.S. to work in the financial field and, at the same time, teach dance and perform.

He said, “As long as you have a goal and somebody is supporting you in reaching it, if you give your all, nothing can stop you. Life is short – live it to the fullest.”

If anyone is interested in the studio where Crvic dances and teaches, visit www.woodbridgedancecompany.com.

By: Vadym Guliuk

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