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...
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- Jun 19, 2022
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...
- Jun 28, 2021
'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, 2021
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
- Apr 19, 2021
Ballet shoes
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
- Mar 29, 2021
The language of the soul
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
- Jan 2, 2021
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 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
- 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 27, 2020
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
- 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 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
- May 21, 2020
What does dance mean to you?
Dance is a form of expression that has been around since the start of civilization. Our ancestors danced to the gods in religious, celebrato
- Apr 29, 2020
'Welcome to the Royal Ballet!'
When I first joined the company, what most impressed me was the amount of rehearsals taking place in one day
- Apr 14, 2020
Trust the road less travelled: my journey to the Royal Ballet
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
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