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Creation for Les Ballet de Montecarlo ( Principato di Monaco)
Premiere 17 july 2025
Monaco - Salle Garnier- Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Creation for 16 soloists and principal dancers of the Ballet de Monte Carlo.
To close the 2024–2025 choreographic season, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo has invited the artistic team behind Kor’sia— Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo — to create a new original piece for the company.
These rising choreographers, already familiar to the Principality’s audience, continue to bring a fresh, invigorating energy to contemporary dance. With each creation, they captivate larger audiences and gain growing international recognition across prestigious European stages.
Audiences of the Monaco Dance Forum will surely remember Kor’sia for their distinctive visual language and emotionally charged work. With Bronia, the Madrid-based company once again pushes the boundaries of contemporary performance.
This new piece is a tribute to Bronislava Nijinska — known as Bronia — a pioneering figure in dance history: daughter, sister, mother, choreographer, educator, performer, writer, and revolutionary. Her life was deeply rooted in the theatre, where she continuously challenged both artistic conventions and societal norms.
In a male-dominated world, often overshadowed by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky and under the influence of Sergei Diaghilev, Nijinska carved her own path — turning the stage into a space of resistance and transformation. Her work masterfully blended abstraction with emotion and remained in dialogue with the artistic avant-garde of her time.
Though her legacy was long overlooked, her influence never truly vanished. Today, new generations of artists are rediscovering Nijinska’s vision — not only for its aesthetic richness but also for its ability to question norms and expand expressive boundaries.
With Bronia, Kor’sia pay homage to this visionary artist in one of the very theatres she once inhabited. The piece reclaims her rebellious spirit, reaffirming the stage as a place for artistic resistance, reinvention, and renewal.
ARTISTIC TEAM:
Choreography, Concept & Artistic Direction: Mattia Russo & Antonio de Rosa (Kor’sia)
Dramaturgy: Agnès López-Río
Choreographic Assistants: Angela Demattè, Edoardo Brovardi
Set Design: Amber Vandenhoeck (in collaboration with Kor’sia)
Original Music: Alejandro Da Rocha & Various Artists
Costume Design & Creative Direction: Luca Guarini
Lighting Design: Samuel Thery
El País (Spain)
“Kor’sia consolidated its international projection at the Monaco Dance Forum with the success of Bronia… The piece was praised for its demanding technique, strong visual language, and the integration of scenographic elements such as the large Picasso backdrop.”
“The company is now considered at the forefront of contemporary ballet.”
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Official Website)
“Having already performed in the Principality, these emerging creators are breathing an invigorating air into contemporary dance. With each new work, they captivate ever-larger audiences and prestigious theatres across Europe.”
🔗 Read on Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo website
SusyQ Danza
Kor’sia’s Bronia is a visually stunning tribute that captivates audiences with its powerful feminist spirit and innovative choreography, evoking the legacy of Bronislava Nijinska without recreating her, but reinterpreting her essence through a contemporary lens.
This bold production celebrates creative freedom and theatrical innovation, continuing the revolutionary spirit of Nijinska and affirming Kor’sia’s rising prominence in contemporary dance.
