In this podcast, Royal Ballet Artist Leticia Dias joins us from Rio where she has been staying with her family during lockdown. Listen to Leticia talk about growing up and studying ballet in Rio, winning a Prix de Lausanne scholarship that took her to the Royal Ballet Upper School at the age of 16. She describes her experience of adjusting to life in the city, the amazing performance opportunities she received while at the school and joining the Birmingham Royal Ballet before finding her home with The Royal Ballet. Leticia shares her life as an artist of the company, how she’s dealing with life in lockdown, staying in shape and taking care of her health and wellbeing, plus dancing in lockdown dance film ‘SONO CON TE’, (which means I Am With You in English). Created by Ruth Mair Howard-Jones, and choreographed via Zoom to share the message of love and unity during these challenging times. PRESS PLAY! https://djwpodcasts.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/1wwwod/leticia.mp3 Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and with other podcast providers!