Three weeks ago, The Royal Ballet saw the end of its 20/21 season. As the curtains came down on our last performance, I felt a strange sense

I grew up thinking that ballerinas had to wait until retirement to have babies, since dedicating their body and soul to the profession allow

A month ago I was asked to collaborate on building a platform that would help support dancers' mental and physical health, and since then,

I started this blog thinking that there would be plenty of enriching experiences in the theatre throughout the season that I could be

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

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

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

Our lives are made up of the decisions we make, infinite moments of diverging pathways and choices. Small ones, like what to have for dinner

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

‘Isabella! How are you? How’s your mom?!' Everybody asks me the same question. Marcia Lago leaves her mark wherever she goes, everyone

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

A ballerina can be seen as many things: performer, entertainer, actress, athlete, dancer, mover. But first and foremost, ballerinas are

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

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 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

I always felt like I was leading two distinct lives: one of family, relationships, the outside world, and one of vocation, devotion, the bal

Dance is a form of expression that has been around since the start of civilization. Our ancestors danced to the gods in religious, celebrato