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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

The decision to leave home and join Canada's National Ballet School was one I did not take lightly. Whenever asked by mom if

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