Ballet has always been a part of me since when I was a small kid dancing at home to any kind of music, simply growing up I couldn’t imagine a life without it so through the years it became more serious until becoming a professional.
If I didn’t have the option to be a ballet dancers I would have chosen to get into psychology or anything regarding helping other people. Another big passion I have is painting also since a very young age.
A normal working day before quarantine consisted of 8 hours of training. We start at 10 with ballet class and then rehearsals until 6pm and if we have shows we work until 2pm and then we are back in the theater around 6pm depending on when the show starts. During the lockdown I was training an home, usually doing a ballet barre and some other exercises and also painting a lot, now that the gyms are opened I also go there for like 1h and half to keep myself moving .
I feel lucky to have a very supportive family and my best friend that works with me at the Polish National Ballet. We know each other since many years so I know in any difficult time I can count on his amazing supportive energy. I find inspiration from many things, from other dancers, but mostly from normal life experiences out of ballet.
I’m thankful every day for everything I have in my life, my friends and family have an extremely important value to me, the fact that my career has brought into many different countries and I had the chance to meet many people coming from all over the world and merge with different cultures and ideas and of course the fact that I am able to call my biggest passion my job.
What I value most about myself is the fact that if I want to do something I really find any possible way to get there, also the fact that I always try to see the positive side of everything even about the more unpleasant things that can happen.
What I can say to other dancers that want to get serious about this beautiful art or simply to anyone is that they shouldn’t stop at the first obstacles, because those moment will only get them stronger, and to simply keep on going to follow what their heart wants them to do and what truly makes them feel happy and alive.
