Miroslav Bata Marcetic was a leading performer, soloist and choreographer, 
with Serbian National Folk Ensemble "Kolo" in Belgrade, Serbia and 
Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) for seventeen years.

Miroslav has attended almost all folk dance seminars held in former 
Yugoslavia. Eventually, he became the instructor of several seminars held in 
former Yugoslavia, Japan, and Israel and currently in Canada and the USA.

As a well-known choreographer, he was chosen by the Serbian Folk Dance 
Association to be a judge at folklore competitions that were taking place in 
Serbia and Montenegro.

He has created a great number of choreographies, which have won either first 
or second prizes when participating in competitions.

Miroslav established his own school of dance, "Academy of  Serbian Folk 
Dancing" (please visit:  http://www.marcetic.com) which includes 200 dancers 
of all ages and over 100 seniors, and a folk band instructed and directed by 
a music instructor, Mica Petrovic, a music coach par excellence, whose last 
forty years of his adult life have been dedicated to publicizing and 
promoting Serbian folk music.

Miroslav is also the Artistic Director and choreographer of Folk 
Dance Ensembles: "Hajduk Veljko", "Kordun" from Toronto, and "Kralj Petar 
II" from Winona.

He is also working with the international folk dance community where he is 
teaching Serbian and East-European dances. These include the Ontario Folk 
Dance Association, Hamilton International, Mc Master University. His most 
recent workshops were held in Bridgton, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; San 
Antonio, Texas, Fairlee, Vermont; Pocono Manor Resort, Pennsylvania and 
Socorro, New Mexico.

Miroslav Bata Marcetic has devoted his entire professional career to the 
preservation and perpetuation of folklore and dance. His contribution to the 
Canadian Serbian folklore community is significant.