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    The Royal Ballet 21/22 Season Part II
    • 5 days ago

    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...
    Full circle
    • Sep 23, 2021

    Full circle

    I 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
    'Jeitinho brasileiro': Brazilian dancers around the world
    • 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
    Filling in the gaps
    • 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
    The corps de ballet and beyond
    • Aug 5, 2020

    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 part II - the life of a touring company
    • 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
    First steps
    • 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
    It's show time!
    • 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
    In Times of Uncertainty
    • 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
    Introducing our Repertoire
    • 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
    Away from home
    • May 14, 2020

    Away from home

    The decision to leave home and join Canada's National Ballet School was one I did not take lightly. Whenever asked by mom if
    Trust the road less travelled: my journey to the Royal Ballet
    • 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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