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Lessons from ballet
Children often get anxious when asked 'What do you want to be when you grow up?', but luckily for me, I never wondered much about the future
Feb 24


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
Sep 23, 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
Jun 4, 2021


What keeps us going
I started this blog thinking that there would be plenty of enriching experiences in the theatre throughout the season that I could be
Mar 8, 2021


Eco-friendly steps
One fine summer day, about two years ago, my friend Mayara handed me a dvd called The Biggest little Farm. Pictured on the cover were a rust
Feb 21, 2021


'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 24, 2020


When 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 29, 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
Apr 14, 2020
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