Claudia Monja Is Fearlessly Making Her Mark at Nashville Ballet
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 6, 2023
When Nashville Ballet’s Claudia Monja was 7 years old, she saw a glimpse of her future. One day, at her home in Havana, Cuba, an uncle was watching a tape of the legendary dancer Alicia Alonso starring in Swan Lake. Monja, whose mother had enrolled her in ballet classes to ease her shyness, twirled along. “I said, ‘Mom, when I grow up, I want to be the same as her,’ ” Monja recounts. “I want to be a ballerina.”
Today, Monja’s sharp technique, sumptuous movement quality and affinity for the dramatic have brought her . . .
