5 days agoThe Royal Ballet 21/22 Season Part IIA 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...
Jun 19The 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...
Sep 23, 2021Full circleI 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
Aug 1, 2021Seizing 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
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, 2021Echoes of loveOh, 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
May 4, 2021Dancers' wellbeingA month ago I was asked to collaborate on building a platform that would help support dancers' mental and physical health, and since then,
Apr 19, 2021Ballet shoesI 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, 2021The language of the soulFor 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
Mar 8, 2021What keeps us goingI started this blog thinking that there would be plenty of enriching experiences in the theatre throughout the season that I could be
Jan 2, 2021The journeyI woke up Saturday morning feeling very optimistic. With my purse, mask, and alcohol gel in hands, I dashed into Covent Garden for one last
Nov 8, 2020Daily ritualsThere 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 1, 2020Life choicesOur 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 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
Aug 27, 2020Preparing 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
Aug 13, 2020Filling in the gapsFrom 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 29, 2020When mom comes to visit‘Isabella! How are you? How’s your mom?!' Everybody asks me the same question. Marcia Lago leaves her mark wherever she goes, everyone
Jul 22, 2020First steps part II - the life of a touring companyI 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, 2020A means to an endA ballerina can be seen as many things: performer, entertainer, actress, athlete, dancer, mover. But first and foremost, ballerinas are
Jul 1, 2020It'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