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

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

There is such mystery surrounding a ballerina’s life and what lies behind-the-scenes of making the magic happen on stage. How many hours a

I was spending a day like any other at grandma’s house in Sao Paulo when mom arrives with a magazine to show me. Right in the corner of a

A ballerina can be seen as many things: performer, entertainer, actress, athlete, dancer, mover. But first and foremost, ballerinas are

Signing your first contract is one of the most exciting times in anyone's career, especially if (like me) what you feared most in school was

And so, it begins. That familiar voice on the tannoy is the dancers' wake up call, a reminder that the performance is approaching. All backs

My days of running from one ballet competition to the next have long become a thing of the past, but when I look into the eyes of young

In a recent interview, as I was retelling the story of how I quit my job at Northern Ballet without a clue as to how my career would unfold

I always felt like I was leading two distinct lives: one of family, relationships, the outside world, and one of vocation, devotion, the bal

Dance is a form of expression that has been around since the start of civilization. Our ancestors danced to the gods in religious, celebrato

The decision to leave home and join Canada's National Ballet School was one I did not take lightly. Whenever asked by mom if

I know the last couple of weeks haven’t been easy for anyone. We as performing artists have definitely been affected by covid-19

I began my ballet training at Ballet Marcia Lago, my mom’s school in Sao Paulo. When I was about eleven years old, I started to realise that