Faith & Gratitude
Life at the Royal Opera House is made up of a continuous demand for excellence. Be it due to stress or mere fatigue, winter time is when
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Jun 29, 2022
The Royal Ballet 21/22 Season Part II
A Temporada do Royal Ballet 21/22 Parte II - para portugues clique no menu de opções A new production of Swan Lake was created at the end...
Jun 19, 2022
The Royal Ballet 21/22 Season - part I
A temporada 21/22 do Royal Ballet (para português clique no menu de opções) With the end of our season fast approaching, I look back and...
Sep 23, 2021
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
Aug 1, 2021
Seizing the moment
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
Jun 28, 2021
'Motherhood in dance'
I grew up thinking that ballerinas had to wait until retirement to have babies, since dedicating their body and soul to the profession allow
Jun 4, 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
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,
Apr 19, 2021
Ballet shoes
I have a vague memory of trying on mom’s oversized ballet slippers when I was very little and attempting to go on my tippy toes, but officia
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
Mar 8, 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
Jan 2, 2021
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
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
Oct 1, 2020
Life choices
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
Sep 11, 2020
'Survival mode'
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
Aug 27, 2020
Preparing for a role
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
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
Jul 29, 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 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
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