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

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

A month ago I was asked to collaborate on building a platform that would help support dancers' mental and physical health, and since then,

I have a vague memory of trying on mom’s oversized ballet slippers when I was very little and attempting to go on my tippy toes, but officia

For those who don’t know much about ballet, the word ‘ballerina’ perhaps prompts an imagine of someone rising on the tip of their toes, spin

I started this blog thinking that there would be plenty of enriching experiences in the theatre throughout the season that I could be

I woke up Saturday morning feeling very optimistic. With my purse, mask, and alcohol gel in hands, I dashed into Covent Garden for one last

So begins the story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, which would inspire one of the most beloved re

This saying takes me back a good many years, to the night of the prizes at Y.A.G.P., in New York. We were at Alice Tully Hall, and I was war

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

Inspiration comes from everywhere. For me, it is in movies I watch, personal stories I hear, watching someone at work, and mainly in books I

Our lives are made up of the decisions we make, infinite moments of diverging pathways and choices. Small ones, like what to have for dinner

At the end of March 2020, the dancers of The Royal Ballet were working at full speed. It was a busy start of a new year. Having finished sho

Survival mode is how I learned to describe that feeling of trying to get through my days in utter exhaustion, completely burned out. It all

What will I do when my dancing career is over? It would be natural for anyone who knows me to think that I would follow my mother’s footstep

The last-minute arrival of a casting sheet causes a cluster of dancers to gather around the notice board in all eagerness. I try to squeeze

From all the stories I’ve shared here, I haven't gone into much detail about my auditions, partly because they don't bring me happy memories

I was still a student in my graduation year when a friend and his wife took us, me plus three other dancers, to a fancy dinner in the centre

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