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...
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
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 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
Jul 1, 2020
It's show time!
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
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
Jun 10, 2020
Introducing our Repertoire
When dancers choose their favourite companies, a place where they see themselves thriving, one thing they highly take into account is the
May 14, 2020
Away from home
The decision to leave home and join Canada's National Ballet School was one I did not take lightly. Whenever asked by mom if
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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