Folk Dance Group „Srem’’ was founded by group of young people in 1948., as Cultural Educational Group ,,Red Star”. At the beginning of 60s, group gets the name that has today, led by Slavka Jezdimirovic-Zelenika, as a key person in establishment of this group.
At a very beginning, group had only one section- drama club, but in the next period, a number of artistic programs were established: folklore section, photo-movie section, recitative and art section.
Group had experienced a huge expansion in 1975, when it starts performing on school events. Members were highly motivated, with so many ideas and drivers for success, regardless of the hard financial conditions. Members would often take a participation in work actions in order to collect the money for the group. However, number of members was constantly increasing, and that was a good foundation for improvement.
In the later years, Branko Puric, student and assistant of famous Branko Markovic, has joined the group, and that was a huge turning point in work and future of the Srem. One of the best experts of choreographies and style, started from 0, and made a high-class ensemble. Thanks to him, Srem gets to the very top of the Belgrade and Serbian folklore society. The quality of the group was recognized, and at that point, group starts with world wide tours. First tour in the row was in 1984.
Regardless all difficulties, results were amazing! Number of tours, concerts and performances, increasing number of members, great working conditions, dedication and reputation, came in the coming years, followed by huge motivation of people from Srem.
For 75 years of existence, there were 7500 young members and artists. Every single of them left the mark and contribution in survival and development of the group. Some of them are still active in the culture and art scene.
Up to now, Srem visited more than 20 countries around the world and took part in more than 75 international festivals of folklore. Today, more than 200 members are part of Srem family, and all of them are active keepers of Serbian tradition, dance and music, active keepers of Srem.