Jelena Antansijević

Jelena Antanasijević is a New York-based costume designer and educator. For the last sixteen years, Jelena has designed costumes for over thirty theater, film, and TV productions in the United States and her homeland, Serbia. She designed costumes for renowned institutions like Dixon Place, Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row, Michael Schimmel Center of the Arts in New York City, and Madlenianum Opera and Theatre and Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade, Serbia.

Jelena has worked for theater, opera, dance, TV, and film productions.

She created, embellished, distressed, and hand-painted costumes and accessories for numerous Broadway, off-Broadway, Disney, TV productions, and Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

2017 — The Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design, Dramatic Arts Department, School of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

2011 — The Master of Arts in Costume and Fashion Design, University of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

2008 — The Bachelor of Arts in Textile Design, University of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

2024 - 2025 Outschool, My Art Academia
- Teaching drawing courses (anime, realistic and portrait) to children 7-18 years old, via Zoom

2023 - 2024 Belgrade University of Arts, Academia of Applied Arts, Belgrade, SRB
- Teaching costume construction course to twenty-five undergraduate students

2021 - 2023 Pace Performing Arts, Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, NYC, USA
- Full-time Clinical Assistant Professor

2021 ATCA (The American Theatrical Costume Association) annual conference, NYC, USA
- Taught one-hour costume collage-making class on Zoom

2020 De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, Manila, PHL
- Mentored undergraduate costume design students on the class project Period Philippine Costumes

January – March 2020 Community Roots, Brooklyn College Community Partnership, NYC, USA
- Stagecraft instructor for costume and set design for theater

August – October 2019 St. John’s University and Chappell Players Theatre Group, NYC, USA
- Tutored students assisting on the production of All Shook Up

January – May 2017 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
- Taught introduction to costume design, sewing and theatrical make up to undergraduate students

June – August 2017 Williamstown Theater Festival, MA, USA
- Instructed costume design interns on costume design, construction, and alteration

January 2017 Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, SRB
- Invited to conduct a masterclass on costume design and construction

2022 - If Then, Musical, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, Dir. Francine Espiritu, NYC, USA;

2022 - High School Dance Concert, Choreo by Dana Thomas, Jamal Jackson, Kate Hamilton, and high school students of Saint Ann’s School, NYC, USA;

2022 - We <3 NY Stories, Dir. Ellie Raab, Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NYC, USA;

2021 - King Lear, Play, (pre-production), NY Classical Theatre, NYC, USA;

2020 - Alice in Wonderland Jr, Musical, (pre-production), Dir. Eva Burgess, Community Roots, Brooklyn College Community Partnership, NYC, USA;

2019 - All Shook Up, Musical, Dir. Anthony Pound, St. John’s University, NYC, USA;

2019 - Second Skin, Test Performance by Testu Collective and Yoko Murakami, NYC, USA;

2019 - Displeyst, Devised Documentary Play, Infinite Variety Productions, Dir. Ashley Adelman, SALON FOR GOOD, Nirupa’s Salon, Jersey City, NJ, USA;

2018 - Displeyst, Under St. Marks, NYC, USA;

2018 - Look For Me, Musical by Liz Schiller, Dir. Miriam Eusebio, Acorn Theater, Theater Row, NYC, USA;

2018 - La Passion, Film Short by Shae Yi Xu, Dir. Kevin Haefelin, Columbia University, NYC, USA;

2017 - Fifth Planet, Play by David Auburn, Director: Ann Noling, Williamstown Theatre Festival, PTP, Williamstown, MA, USA;

2017 - The Red Chair, Art Performance Devised, Created and Performed by Jelena Prljevic in collaboration with Margarita Blush & Braley Degenhardt, Dixon Place, NYC, USA;

2017 - The Red Chair, Artspace New Haven, CT, USA;

2017 - Eurydice, Play by Sarah Ruhl, Dir. Helene Kvale, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, CT, USA;

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2017 - Student Ambassador Program; Ambassador for the International Costume and Set Designer Sean Crowley, USITT, Saint Louis, MO, USA;

2017 - Young Designers Forum, USITT, Saint Louis, MO, USA;

2016 - National Award for Excellence in Costume Design, KCACTF (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival), Region 1, CT, USA;

2016 - Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Award, KCACTF, Region 1, CT, USA;

2015 - Travel Grant for Group Performance Piece 'E Pluribus Unum' (Country of Many Nations), Prague Quadrennial 13th (Tribes) Prague, Czech Republic; University of Connecticut, CT, USA;

2014 - Elle Fashion Award; Elle, Fashion Magazine
- The Best Fashion Collection at Belgrade Fashion Week, Belgrade, SRB / With the Fashion Label KLASA;

2014 - Bazar Award 'Marija Kranjc'; Bazar, Serbian Fashion Magazine
- The Best Fashion Collection at Belgrade Fashion Week, Belgrade, SRB / with KLASA;

2013 - Grazia Award; Grazia, International Fashion Magazine
- The Best Fashion Show at Belgrade Fashion Week, Belgrade, SRB / with KLASA;

2013 - Boris Nikolic Award; Foundation B92 (Serbian News Station, TV and Radio Broadcaster with National Coverage Headquartered in Belgrade, SRB)
- Award for Contemporary Fashion Expression at Belgrade Fashion Week, Belgrade, SRB / with KLASA;

2013 - Textile Award; Textil Uzice, the Largest Wholesale Fabric Retailer in the Region
- Best Young Fashion Designer Award, Belgrade Fashion Week, Belgrade, SRB / with KLASA;