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...

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

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 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

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

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

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