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
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May 4, 2021
Dancers' wellbeing
A month ago I was asked to collaborate on building a platform that would help support dancers' mental and physical health, and since then,
Mar 29, 2021
The language of the soul
For those who don’t know much about ballet, the word ‘ballerina’ perhaps prompts an imagine of someone rising on the tip of their toes, spin
Feb 2, 2021
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
Nov 8, 2020
Daily rituals
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
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
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
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
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
Jul 15, 2020
A means to an end
A ballerina can be seen as many things: performer, entertainer, actress, athlete, dancer, mover. But first and foremost, ballerinas are
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
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
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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