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The Royal Ballet 21/22 Season Part II

A Temporada do Royal Ballet 21/22 Parte II - para portugues clique no menu de opções A new production of Swan Lake was created at the end...

The Royal Ballet 21/22 Season - part I

A temporada 21/22 do Royal Ballet (para português clique no menu de opções) With the end of our season fast approaching, I look back and...

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

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

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

'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

Preparing for a role

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

The corps de ballet and beyond

Many of us dream of becoming a principal dancer since starting ballet. It is an image we keep in our heads growing up, that of us dancing

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

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

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

The Inner Game

The thing about ballet is that it is meant to look effortless. But what goes into making something look beautiful and effortless takes years

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