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'If you slip, it hurts your soul': the stressed ballerina who asked a sports psychologist for help

by David Jays

Huge audiences and even larger livestreams are putting a whole new type of pressure on dancers. Yasmine Haghdi, principal of the Royal Ballet, tell us how Britt Tajet-Foxell fixed more than just her fouettés Earlier this year, Yasmine Naghdi was struggling in the rehearsal studio. Naghdi is one of the Royal Ballet's leading dancers and her performance of Swan Lake would be livestreamed into cinemas around the world.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06pm on June 18, 2024