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Finding My Feet in Salzburg

💠💠NEW BLOG POST 💠💠'Finding My Feet in Salzburg' - #aballetoflife. Read about how I am getting on in my new job with the @SBLandestheater 🎶🎶 #ballet #dance #dancer #blogger #tututuesday #Salzburg

I have been part of the Landestheater Salzburg for almost two months now and am definitely on my way to feeling settled. The new routine is becoming my norm but still fresh enough to be interesting, and the people that now fill my days are all making life enjoyable and welcoming.

In our rehearsal studios in Salzburg

I feel cosy in my cute little apartment, filled with leftover furniture and…

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Dating a Dancer

✨✨New Blog Post✨✨ 'Dating a Dancer' - #aballetoflife Have you ever dated a #dancer? Well my husband has & he ended up even marrying one. But what comes with being with a dancer? A person who's job is a big love in their life

Recently I read an interview with Gary Avis, a Principal Character Artist with The Royal Ballet, where he talked about his experiences as a boy doing ballet and what that has lead to. But he briefly mentioned something that really hit home for me so I wanted to share my thoughts on that topic with you all while sending out my special thanks to a special someone.

“There’s an impact on your…

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Tanzen in Tokyo

✨✨✨NEW BLOG POST✨✨✨ Tanzen in Tokyo - #aballetoflife 🇯🇵 Read about my trip to #Japan during my #summer #holidays ⛱️⛱️ #ballet #dance #dancer

If you’ve already read my previous post “Living In a World Such as this is like Dancing on a Live Volcano” you will know why I recently ended up on a quick trip to Japan to perform at a small gala very last minute. This spontaneous trip became part of my very short summer vacation and was another chance to perform some pieces I never thought I would again.

Post pas de deux pic, with my ‘Romeo’…

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“Living In a World Such as this is like dancing on a live volcano.”

“Living In a World Such as this is like #dancing on a live volcano.” 🌋- Kentetsu Takamori New blog post about my surprise trip to #Japan 😮🎉😮Read now! #aballetoflife #dance #gala #dancer

Not often such a calm moment in the ballet world

There is never a dull moment, even during my lazy summer holidays. One week in and finally enjoying some days off with my family in London, looking forward to the next two weeks of summer, a phone call changed all my plans.

❝I had NO pointe shoes❞

Just as we were sitting down for a coffee my phone rang, flashing my previous employer’s name,…

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Ask Me Anything

'Ask Me Anything' - A Ballet of Life ✨✨Sharing a video answering ten questions about me and my ballerina life💜💜 Thank you for all the amazing questions 😀😀 #ballet #aballetoflife #dance #askmeanything #tututuesday

The life of a Ballerina can be quite an interesting one and very different to any other lifestyle there is. As I love sharing with you what I get up to through my blog and social media, I wanted to do an ‘Ask Me Anything’ to answer some of the many questions people are often wondering about us dancers.

Performing one of my favourite roles ‘Juliet’ with Juliano Tuscano as my ‘Romeo’ (Photo: Admill…

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The End of My Karlsruhe Era

✨✨The End of My Karlsruhe Era - A new blog post on #aballetoflife ❤️❤️❤️ Sharing with you all big news while looking back at all I have gone through here and sharing with you what is to come ✨✨Exciting!! #ballet #dance #future #change

As the end of our ballet season in Karlsruhe is approaching fast, the time for big changes is also on the horizon, and with this post, I want to share with you the next step I am planning to take in my career and personal life.

On stage performing as Anastasia in ‘Sleeping Beauty – The Last Daughter of the Czar’ a ballet by Youri Vámos

This season will actually be my last with the Staatsballett…

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Inspiration All Around Us

'Where do you find your inspiration? I find my #inspiration in you' ✨✨✨ My New Blog Post on #aballetoflife ✨✨✨ Read now!!! #ballet #dance #dancer #ballerina #blogger

We all need a little inspiration in life and we all find it in different places. It can come from the simplest of things, like a sunny morning helping you get out of bed or a good song brightening your mood. Inspiration can be found almost anywhere and I think one of the strongest inspirations we have out there can be each other. Humans inspiring humans.

Performing La Sylphide from the…

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The Spinning World of Dance

✨✨'The Spinning World of Dance'✨✨Read my new post on #aballetoflife. Sharing my thoughts on the #dance #world & all the wonderful people in it Read. Enjoy. Share 📖📖 #ballet #dancer #tututuesday #danceworld #ballerina #friends

The world is a small place. But the dance world is even smaller. And you wouldn’t believe how international every school or company is around the world. I have had friends from everywhere and there is a huge chance that they know people I have met in school or in other companies. And there is even a bigger chance they are from a different country and are now living in a different country to that…

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Grabbing on to That Second Chance

👐👐Grabbing on to That Second Chance👐👐 - New #blog post on #aballetoflife. Read about my 2nd chance at #Swanlake & what has changed since I last danced it✨✨ Read. Enjoy. Share #ballet #dance #ballerina #pointeshoes

Second chances. Moments we wish we could redo. Turn the clocks back and try again. Another opportunity to improve on experiences or approach them at a different age to see how we would handle it now. Who doesn’t want a second chance at moments in their life? And as a dancer I can tell you, it is often a wish of mine to have the chance to perform a role once more for these exact reasons.

❝Little…

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Never Say Never

🌟'Never Say Never'🌟 New blog post on A Ballet of Life - find out what happened when I unexpectedly #danced pieces years later ⏳⏳ #ballet #aballetoflife #dance #ballerina #blog

I have often been proved wrong when thinking I was dancing something for the last time. Just when you think the curtain has gone down on a particular role or piece it ends up finding its way back to you. And more often than not, it’s the ones you were glad to say goodbye to.

❝It seemed like an impossible thing for me to ever dance & I never imagined I would have the opportunity to give it a go❞

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Pain as a Constant Companion

✨✨✨'Pain as a Constant Companion' - reflecting on my #interview with Sarah Nagel for the 'Der Sonntag' #newspaper ✨✨✨ #ballerina #aballetoflife #dance #ballet #karlsruhe

When Sarah Nagel, a journalist and friend, asked if I would like to be interviewed by her for the Sunday newspaper here in Karlsruhe I jumped at the opportunity. It was a pleasure to wake up this morning with my face on the front page and a beautifully written article to read while sewing pointe shoes on my day off. I have to admit reading about yourself over morning coffee is a joy, but another…

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WORLD BALLET DAY 2018

🌸🌸WORLD BALLET DAY 2018🌸🌸 - I hope everyone enjoys #dancing around in their #tutusandtiaras or even socks & sweats - joining together to celebrate one of the most beautiful & special art forms #ballet #dance #worldballetday

🌸🌸HAPPY WORLD BALLET DAY🌸🌸 I hope everyone enjoys dancing around in their tutus and tiaras or even socks and sweats – joining together to celebrate one of the most beautiful and special art forms there is. Stay tuned all day with companies around the world streaming life from the studio and stage: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/world-ballet-day-2018

Performing as the Sylph in Peter…

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The Dressing Room of a Ballerina

New #blog post on A Ballet of Life - The Dressing Room of a #Ballerina 👗👗👗 Read all about how important this hidden room is to us #dancers Read. Enjoy. Share 📚📚 #dance #ballet #theatre #friends #fridayfeeling #aballetoflife

The theatre becomes a dancer’s second home, a place where we spend at least 50% or more of our daily waking hours. We work there, we eat there, we shower, dress and sleep there. Our friends are usually with us and its the place we do what we love most, dance.

My first year at the Hammond School with my fellow dancers at our end of year production – Ruth Bailey, Risa Nakagawa, Anna Haresnape,…

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Goals of the Dancer

✨✨New blog post on #aballetoflife ✨✨'#Goals of the #Dancer' - sharing my thoughts on goal setting to keep away those difficult low moments 🎯 Read. Enjoy. Share. #ballet #dance #wednesdaywisdom

Each season ballet companies have the exciting chance to work towards and bring to life premieres. Whether that’s a world premiere of a new creation or the first time that particular company performs a ballet, they are always a huge highlight of the year.

❝The goal that has been the main focus within the whole ballet company is reached❞

The process involves resident or guest…

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Can't Keep Those Dancing Feet Still

🌟'Can't Keep Those #Dancing Feet Still' 🌟- New #blog post on A #Ballet of Life, talking about the none stop development of #dance and #dancers💃🏻 🎼 Enjoy reading 💖 #aballetoflife

Dancers literally never stop moving, whether at work or not, our feet find rhythm in silence. But apart from never sitting still, we are constantly trying to move in more ways than the obvious one. The best kind of dancers are forever trying to improve themselves and their work – never wanting their performances to stop developing and because of this, ballets themselves are steadily growing and…

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A Week at the Ballet

'A Week at the #Ballet' -💫💫 one of the hardest weeks in the season. Read all about it here 🎶🎶 Read. Enjoy. Share #dance #TutuTuesday #aballetoflife #balletweek

Ballet Week has arrived.

One of the hardest weeks of the season is upon us – Ballet Week, and there is no turning back now so we might as well go for it full force. During this time the company will perform every evening of the week a different ballet from this seasons repertoire, finishing with a ballet gala on the final night.

Celebrations after a past Gala evening

It is always a tough week for…

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That Premiere Feeling

New Blog Post on #aballetoflife 🌟😀🌟😀 'That Premiere Feeling' - how #dancers feel on the night of the #premiere. Includes #interview video!!! #ballet #dance #wonderfulwednesday #Shakespeare

Opening nights are always full of excitement for both the performers and audience, with a mixture of emotions flying through the theatre. Depending on the production, the stage can be filled with highs or lows while the curtain is up but today I wanted to share with you the emotions we dancers feel once the curtain comes down. The ones the audience never see.

The whole company & choreographer…