A former dancer with the Polish National Ballet, Robert Bondara is one of the most sought-after choreographers today. In 2018, he was appointed Artistic Director of the Poznań Opera Ballet and added the Le Prix de Biarritz to his already impressive list of awards during the Concours de Jeunes Chorégraphes in Bordeaux. With several new projects in development around the world, Bondara is currently in Perth preparing for the Australian premiere of Take Me With You, which is part of West Australian Ballet’s Platinum: Ballet at the Quarry at Perth Festival. He talks to Jansson J. Antmann on the final day of his two-week quarantine as he prepares to join the dancers in rehearsal.

Robert Bondara

Robert Bondara. Photo © Paweł Stelmach.

“I can’t wait to get into the studio,” Bondara says. “So far, we’ve followed the version I did in Poznań last year. It’s been particularly important when working online to have a point of reference and we’ve relied on video recordings from 2021. It makes the work more efficient and provides us with a base to build on.”

Last October’s world premiere of Take Me With You was part of...