Last updated June 2016. I’m now on Instagram if you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer. Upon being offered my place at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, I thought very carefully through my options before making my final decision. Acceptance would take me a long way from my home, familiarity and family; …
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One year on …
It seems crazy that a whole year has passed since my graduation. I’ve now commenced my second year as a professional and my first full season working for Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theatre, after gaining such a lot of performance experience initially with Royal Ballet of Moscow and St Petersburg Ballet. I’ve already had …
WBC 2016 – official photos from classical performances
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … If you are particularly interested in entering international ballet competitions, I wrote an article on my top tips for preparing for international …
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WBC 2016 – official photos from contemporary performances
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … If you are particularly interested in entering international ballet competitions, I wrote an article on my top tips for preparing for international …
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Final year ballet exam – Bolshoi Ballet Academy 2016
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … Seems some sort of miracle that I’m now able to write in the past tense about my graduating ballet exam; marking …
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Final year character exam – Bolshoi Ballet Academy 2016
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … April 20th 2016 and my state exams are completed! As with all major life events, it seemed as if they were …
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Final year duet exam – Bolshoi Ballet Academy 2016
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … Exams always feel worthwhile, but performances are understandably the most fun. When it came to my duet, however, the two were …
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Tips on overcoming ballet injuries
Ballet training is hard on a dancer’s body; injury is common place. I’ve learned a lot on how to deal with my injuries, from small niggles to some more serious, particularly over the last two years when my training has become more intensive. I wrote in one of my blog posts, here, that one of …
Harlequin Floors
For those of you attending Move It 2016 this weekend in London, you might have caught sight of me at the Harlequin Floors stand. OK, so it wasn’t actually me; it was a full size poster of one of the photos from a shoot I did last summer with Nicola Selby for Harlequin. They are just …
Passports, injuries and auditions
Finally, I’m back in Moscow after a part-planned, part-unplanned prolonged stay at home in the UK over Christmas and New Year. It’s good to be back in Moscow and reconnect with my training regime here, but it’s really very cold. I must admit I was ready to fly back home in December. The start to …
