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16 hours ago
Lessons from ballet
Children often get anxious when asked 'What do you want to be when you grow up?', but luckily for me, I never wondered much about the future


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


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


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

Feb 21, 2021
Eco-friendly steps
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

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


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


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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