Sep 23

Full circle

I was eighteen when I moved to Leeds. My family arrived with a heavy load of things brought from Toronto and Brazil to help me start my new

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Full circle

I was eighteen when I moved to Leeds. My family arrived with a heavy load of things brought from Toronto and Brazil to help me start my new

Aug 1

Seizing the moment

Three weeks ago, The Royal Ballet saw the end of its 20/21 season. As the curtains came down on our last performance, I felt a strange sense

Jun 28

'Motherhood in dance'

I grew up thinking that ballerinas had to wait until retirement to have babies, since dedicating their body and soul to the profession allow

Jun 4

Echoes of love

Oh, how amazing it feels to open our house to the public! To have an audience in front of us and hear the sound of their applause. Even if

ABOUT ME

I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Daughter of two loving parents, Marcia and Rogerio, and older sister to Leonardo. I left home at fifteen, lived in Toronto where I went to Canada's National Ballet School, then moved to England over ten years ago to pursue a career in dance. Today I live in London, I'm a soloist with the Royal Ballet. My parents live in sunny Atibaia, where I spend most of my holidays. They own a ballet school, and as you can probably guess, this is how I got introduced to ballet. It became another passion of mine and one that would shape my life, but I'd say reading and writing came first.

Isabella Gasparini

Full circle

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Full circle

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Echoes of love

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