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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

A place to call home

For the past seventeen years, returning to my home country has been a bittersweet experience. The moment I land in Guarulhos Airport

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

'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

Saluting the Queen

Ever since I joined The Royal Ballet and moved to London, I feel a great sense of belonging. I love the theatre and this company

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

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

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

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

Youth America Grand Prix

My days of running from one ballet competition to the next have long become a thing of the past, but when I look into the eyes of young

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

It all started with grandma's tutu

While writing my last post on the significance of dance for me, I couldn’t help but take a trip down memory lane.

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

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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