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Jan 2

The journey

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

Dec 15, 2020

The Nutcracker magic

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

Nov 26, 2020

"What will be, will be."

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

Nov 8, 2020

Daily rituals

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

Oct 26, 2020

Ballet, books & other stories

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

Oct 1, 2020

Life choices

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

Sep 24, 2020

'Jeitinho brasileiro': Brazilian dancers around the world

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

Sep 17, 2020

Dancing through a pandemic

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

Sep 11, 2020

'Survival mode'

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

Sep 3, 2020

Part time student, full time dancer

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

Aug 13, 2020

Filling in the gaps

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

Jul 22, 2020

First steps part II - the life of a touring company

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

Jul 15, 2020

A means to an end

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

Jul 8, 2020

First steps

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

Jul 1, 2020

It's show time!

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

Jun 24, 2020

Youth America Grand Prix

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

Jun 17, 2020

In Times of Uncertainty

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

Jun 10, 2020

Introducing our Repertoire

When dancers choose their favourite companies, a place where they see themselves thriving, one thing they highly take into account is the

Jun 4, 2020

The Balancing Act

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

May 27, 2020

It all started with grandma's tutu

While writing my last post on the significance of dance for me, I couldn’t help but take a trip down memory lane.

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