Robert Bondara

CORYPHÉE, CHOREOGRAPHER

Robert Bondara

Born:

Łódź

Education:

  • Feliks Parnell State Ballet School, Łódź, Poland (1993-2002)
  • Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Ballet Pedagogy), Warsaw, Poland (2005-2010)
  • SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Post-graduate Studies in Culture Management, Warsaw, Poland (2012-2013)

Important teachers:

Muzaffar Burkhanov, Mariusz Caban

Engagements:

  • Musical Theatre, Łódź, 2002-2003 as Dancer, from 2003 as Coryphée
  • Ballet of the Grand Theatre, Poznań, in 2003 as Dancer, from 2004 as Coryphée
  • Ballet of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw, 2005-2009 as Dancer
  • Polish National Ballet, Warsaw, in 2009 as Dancer, from 2010 as Coryphée

Choreographic Works

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    • 2006: Ontological Draft, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland
    • 2008: Andante con moto by Kilar, 1st Bronislava Nijinska National Choreography Competition, Warsaw, Poland (2nd Prize - no first prize was awarded)
    • 2008: Dance Preludes by Lutosławski, The Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio, Warsaw (commisioned by Witold Lutosławski Music Festival - Warsaw)
    • 2009: Butterflies in the Stomach, 16th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk, Poland
    • 2009: Duet for Shadow and Persona, 16th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk, Poland
    • 2009: When You End And I Begin…, Polish National Ballet (1st Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2010: The Garden’s Gates, Polish National Ballet (2nd Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2011: Larghetto, 17th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk, Poland
    • 2011: PDD-NOS, International Gala of Ballet Stars, Szczecin, Poland
    • 2011: The Captive Mind, Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz, Poland
    • 2011: Persona, Polish National Ballet
    • 2012: 8m68, Polish National Ballet (4th Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2013: Čiurlionis, The Lithuanian National Opera And Ballet Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania
      • 2014: Transfer Coefficient, Polish National Ballet (6th Choreographic Workshop)
      • 2014: Firebird, Opera House in Wrocław, Poland
      • 2014: The Miraculous Mandarin, Opera House in Wrocław, Poland
      • 2014: Nevermore…?, Polish National Ballet, Warsaw
      • 2015: Hiccup, Polish National Ballet (7th Choreographic Workshop)
      • 2016: Didi and Gogo, Company E, Washington (The Kennedy Center), USA
      • 2016: Stream, Uniwersytet w Stavanger, Norwegia
      • 2016: LK 10:29 (who is my neighbour?), Kielce Dance Theatre, Kielce, Poland
      • 2016: Take Me with You, Polish National Ballet (8th Choreographic Workshop)
      • 2016: Stabat Mater by Szymanowski, Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz, Poland
      • 2016: Harnasie, Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz, Poland
      • 2016: Everything On its Right Place, Stavanger University, Norway
      • 2017: Equilibrium, Stavanger University, Norway
      • 2017: Revolving Doors, Gala Roberto Bolle and Friends, Bologna, Italy
      • 2017: Don’t Blow It, 20th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk, Poland

      Awards

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        • 2008: 2nd Prize (no first prize was awarded), 1st Bronislava Nijinska National Choreography Competition for ‘Andante con moto’ choreography to music form Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar, Warsaw, Poland
        • 2008: Special Prize of the Witold Lutosławski Society during 1st Bronislava Nijinska National Choreography Competition for ‘Andante con moto’ choreography to music form Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar, Warsaw, Poland
          • 2011: Jan Kiepura Award for Choreographer of the Year in Poland
          • 2013: Finalist of the 27th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover, Germany
          • 2015: Finalist of the 29th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover, Germany
          • 2016: Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture ‘Gloria Artis’ in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland