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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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