Igor Dobricic studied dramaturgy at the Belgrade Academy of Dramatic Arts, and between 1995 and 1999, he worked as a dramaturge for the Belgrade International Theatre Festival. From 2000 and 2004, he was a student of DasArts, Master of Theatre in Amsterdam. He was an arts program officer at the European Cultural Foundation until 2008, and in that role he initiated the AlmostReal project platform.

Dobricic is a dramaturge and artistic advisor to a number of choreographers including Christina Ciupke, Keren Levi, Meg Stuart, Marie Topp and Guillaume Marie. He teaches concept development at the Amsterdam School for New Dance (SNDO), and since 2009, he has served as a research fellow with the Amsterdam School of the Arts, working on a long-term research project, Table Talks. His interests include the exploration of parameters of performative action between different fixed production contexts (theater and visual arts, professional and non-professional status, individual and group work, ethics and aesthetics).