Kaja Vidič, born in 2003, comes from Solkan, Slovenia. She began dancing at the age of seven with classical ballet at the Nova Gorica Music School under the mentorship of Sergej Semenjuk and Svetlana Petrovič, where she refined her technique until 2022. From 2016 to 2022, she was a member of the Primabalerina Dance Theatre Company under the same mentorship. Between 2018 and 2022, she also attended contemporary dance classes at the MN Dance School in Nova Gorica under the mentorship of Michal Rynia and Nastja Bremec Rynia.

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In 2021 and 2022, she further developed her dance skills through various professional training programs in Slovenia and Italy with renowned dancers, choreographers, and dance teachers, such as Manuel Rodriguez, Patricia Rotondaro, Maša Kolar, Anamaria Klajnšček, Beno Novak, Urša Rupnik, Maja Kalafatić, Vita Osojnik, Nina Fajdiga, Tina Dobaj, and Uršula Teržan.

 

She has received numerous awards at national and international dance competitions in both classical ballet and contemporary dance. Among these is a Silver Certificate in the M Contemporary Duet category at the 29th National Competition of Young Dance Creators OPUS 1 in Slovenia in 2021, awarded for the choreography and performance of the duet Ples 113, created in collaboration with Matija Mačus.

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In 2022, her strong passion for contemporary dance led her to pursue studies abroad at Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. There, she deepened her knowledge of ballet and various contemporary dance techniques under the guidance of leading dancers, choreographers, and dance teachers, including Carolina Mancuso, Marina Mascarell, Heidi Vierthaler, Parvaneh Scharafali, Samir Calixto, Pau Aran Gimeno, Min Li, Loïc Perela, Ralf Jaroschinski, Borna Babić, Eliana Stragapede, Adam Khazhmuradov, Liel Fibak, Michael Langeneckert, Amy Raymond, Didier Chape, Neel Verdoorn, and Sanja Maier Hasagic.

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In 2025, as part of the Codarts Dance Company’s professional tour through the Netherlands –Talent on the Move Tour, within the Holland Dance Festival – she performed in An Unprecedented Massacre pt. 1 by Dalton Jansen, Time of the Orchid by Lea Ved, Room with a View by (LA)HORDE, Rosary by Ed Wubbe, Twenty Eight Thousand Waves by Cayetano Soto, and Whereabouts Unknown by Jiří Kylián.

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As part of her education at Codarts, she is completing an internship with Ballett Hagen in Germany during the 2025/26 season, under the artistic direction of Taulant Shehu. During this period, she is performing in Nobody Knows by Taulant Shehu, Kaputt by Eyal Dadon, the comic opera Platée by Jean-Philippe Rameau, the full-length production Zwischenland by Taulant Shehu, and the emerging choreographers’ evening Pivot.

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During her bachelor studies, she also attended dance seminars at Conny Janssen Danst and Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam, as well as at the Henny Jurriens Studio in Amsterdam, where she studied from Faizah Grootens, Lea Ved, Charlie Skuy, Tycho Hupperets, Romee van de Meent, Mariko Shimoda, Dario Tortorelli, Bryndís Brynjólfsdóttir, Niek Wagenaar, and Antonin Rioche.

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Her creative oeuvre includes solo dance performances Standalone (2021) and Pianist With Iron Hands (2023), duet Ples 113 (2021), group dance performances Medulla (2024) and Assembled Worlds (2025), short dance film Assembled Worlds (2026), and official music video for Lea Rožič's single What if ? (2024).