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

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

There 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

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

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

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

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

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

The thing about ballet is that it is meant to look effortless. But what goes into making something look beautiful and effortless takes years

When I first joined the company, what most impressed me was the amount of rehearsals taking place in one day

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