“Everything is super stylish and makes me think of MTV videos from the 90s.” Dagens Nyheter
“Very cinematic.” Svenska Dagbladet
“Pure joy of life and the dancers become one with the music.” Borås Tidning
About Cross
Cross is by the acclaimed Spain-based duo Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo, known for their visionary creations with their company Kor’sia.
Cross takes place during a night where everything finally changes. From darkness to light, from consumerism to the peace of nature, from dystopia to utopia.
“We live in an increasingly complex world, where invisible threads of economy, society, politics and culture weave a reality that often slips from our hands. … Our ability to imagine what does not yet exist, the power to create the incredible, is the spark that ignites the will to act.”
Agnès López-Río, dramaturge for Cross
Team
CHOREOGRAPHY Antonio de Rosa, Mattia Russo
COMPOSER Alejandro da Rocha
SET DESIGN Amber Vandenhoeck
COSTUME DESIGN Luca Guarini
DRAMATURGIST Agnès López Rio
LIGHTING DESIGN David Stokholm
Information
Dancers: 17
Running time: 42 minutes
World premiere 11 October 2025, Göteborg Opera’s Main Stage
Cross contains excerpts from:
Sinnerman
Music and text: Nina Simone
Performed by: Nina Simone (album Pastel Blues, 1965)
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Broken Wings
Music: John Lang, Richard Page, Steven George
Performed by: Mr. Mister (album Welcome To The Real World, 1985)
℗ 1985 BMG Entertainment
‘Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen’ ur Trollflöjten (K. 620)
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by: Beverly Hoch, soprano, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor Kenneth Schermerhorn), album Discover The Classics Master Disc, 1991
℗ 1991 IMP Classics
