Goran Subotic: the economist to the impassioned artistic director
After his wife, Desiree, coaxed Groan to stop at the famed attraction, Mystic Pizza, (made popular by the 1988 chick flick starring Julia Roberts) he felt like he had finally come across his ideal community. The secluded, but charming seaside port appeared to him as the perfect place to establish himself in America.
The couple made the ultimate investment in 1995, signing a lease on a house by the shore, making a commitment to call Mystic/Stonington, Connecticut their home. They settled into the community and after purchasing a different plot of property Desiree opened her own ballet school. Goran describes himself backstage of one of the school’s first performances as completely mesmerized by the “operation.” The possibility of a dance company, it’s combination of careful, methodical planning and the ability to employ creative license immediately re-kindled Goran’s entrepreneurial propensity.
Meanwhile the relations between the United States and Goran’s native country of Serbia became regrettably tense. As Goran watched President Clinton discredit his nation on national TV he decided he could act in one of two ways. He could either employ violent action on his intense emotions or show the American community the culture and respectable business Serbian people were capable of generating.
On top of being an excitingly new and creative business venture Goran thought of this company as a, “beautiful thing to leave for the future of my family, a foundation and a legacy.” Unlike the precise and unemotional act of signing a contract as a prominent businessman this company would give Goran a type of “unparalleled happiness and satisfaction.” He compared
And with a heart full of enterprising spirit, thus began the process of forming a ballet company.
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