Mini bronze of Bronislava Nijinska placed on Kyiv Opera façade

Mini bronze of Bronislava Nijinska placed on Kyiv Opera façade AI

The 54th bronze mini-sculpture from Yuliya Bevzenko’s 'Shukaj!' project has been installed on the façade of the National Opera’s dance studio at Lysenko Street 5 in Kyiv. The piece honors twentieth-century dancer and choreographer Bronislava Nijinska; sculptor Yuriy Belyavsky created the work. Find the small bronze on the exterior of the National Opera’s dance class (Lysenko St., 5) — a new public marker of Kyiv’s dance history.

A new bronze mini-sculpture honoring Bronislava Nijinska was added to the façade of the National Opera of Ukraine’s dance studio on Lysenko Street, Kyiv. The installation is the 54th piece in Yuliya Bevzenko’s cultural‑historical project "Shukaj!", which places miniature sculptures around the city.

Organizers say the sculpture recognizes Nijinska’s influence on twentieth‑century ballet and her Kyiv period, where she founded a "School of Movement" and developed an avant‑garde choreographic approach; among her students was Serge Lifar. The work was made by sculptor Yuriy Belyavsky and was funded by former National Opera soloist Olha Morozenko.

By project tradition the mini has a small inscription-like trait: "Touch Nijinska — learn to move freely." The sculpture is mounted on the building at Lysenko, 5, and is publicly visible from the street.

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