13. changing your mindset & overcoming anorexia w/ Lucy Christodoulou

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode and the final episode of the season before Christmas and a little holiday break. *TRIGGER WARNING - BODY IMAGE* This week I'm joined by Maeve Nolan (@maevenolan), a good friend of mine here in London. We talk about her training in Australia at Tanya Pearson, her move to Europe to study at The English National Ballet School and her transition into company life. We talk a lot about body image, body dysmorphia, finding where you fit in the industry among the standards we still see today. Thank you Maeve for such an open and honest conversation. Have a lovely holiday, love Romy

Hi everyone and welcome back to the podcast, This week I’m joined by Brook Ogle.  In this episode we chat about her journey into ballet, the challenges that came with transitioning into professional ballet training. Brook is now a teacher in London at a range of pre vocational and vocational ballet schools, we chat about her experience into teaching and what she hopes to bring to her students. You can find Brook on IG @brookeogle Thank you to everyone that tuned in to this weeks episode, hope you all have a great week, Love  Romy

Hi everyone and welcome back to this week’s episode in conversation with Jessica Fyfe, @jessicafyfeofficial, currently a guest principal dancer with Scottish Ballet. We sat down and talked about Jessica’s journey from the beginning, the challenges that came along from having a serious injury during her first year of Australian Ballet, to the choreographic journey of the new production of ‘Cinders’ by Christopher Hampson at Scottish Ballet. You can find tickets to watch Jessica’s UK debut at Scottish Ballet here: https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/scottish-ballet-cinders/theatre-royal-glasgow/?&&&&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA9ourBhAVEiwA3L5RFrx-MkhWPrSk7Kxf9KqTyLfA0dMlaPY3GncTsGUTlwfrM4QqKaScaRoC1ysQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Find out about Cinders here: https://scottishballet.co.uk/whats-on/cinders/ Fuelling recs on IG @ausdancersoverseas @r_mcgregor Find more about Coda (not spon) @wearecoda.agency https://l.instagram.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcodaclassical.com%2Fdancers%3Ffbclid%3DPAAaaN5eGe1OkcoS2bJH3IMzm9K6g7pSiUomiXBmrXCyczYAJsqYROfft7Dl4_aem_AVHgpIO93No9Jl208mKwQOcfVD9MPyN2SighhWOvITRXmHUXG56KdZJtxBshEpVgxTU&e=AT2IJE-pYmrLYDdMX1YOs62SwIe6j_dI1DkiW7oIoo1LEaTK9zNXZZ4f9SSoMKiC3qrOK0Ixo6Bo6ZBmZBrcUJ8fINXCINT3NONtN-nu3XOmyiFWI1RldLmV-PRUwfsMhBg Thank you so much to everyone that tuned into this week’s episode, Have a great week Romy

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast! This week I’m joined with Serina Faull ( @serinaballerina on IG ) to chat about her journey to where she is now, performing in Phantom of the Opera (we are recording at the THEATRE) From Elmhurst to the West End, we chat about her journey in touring ballet company and biting the bullet to branch into other genres after Covid. Thank you so much to Serina for such an enjoying conversation & to everyone that tuned into this weeks episode! Have a great week Love Romy

Hi everyone and welcome back to the podcast, this week I’m joined by Skya Powney- an eleve member of Dutch National Ballet. We chat about Skya’s journey into ballet, growing up in a family with iconic dance figures and how she separated herself to navigate her own path. You can find Skya on instagram @skyapowney. Thank you so Skya and to everyone who tuned into this weeks episode! Have a great week, love Romy x

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast! This week I'm joined by Amanda Beasley! Join us in this slightly chaotic episode of two hyper girlies talking about freelancing, managing burnout when your self employed. you can find Amanda here IG: @amanda.rene Tik tok: @amanda.rene Podcast: Ballet Diaries https://open.spotify.com/show/6Oep4I5uwioa1LqNf8SnT8?si=j_dPqqjeQ9WCfS-QxPNFUg Thank you to everyone that tuned into this weeks episode! have a great week love Romy

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast, this week I’m joined by Eireen Evrard, the company dancer at English National Ballet. We chat about Eireen’s journey into dance, the challenges she experienced moving schools, through competitions and her first company experience. This episode is full of passion and grit and I hope you enjoy hearing how Eireen pulled through the highs and lows of her career so far. You can follow her on IG here @eireenevrard Thank you to everyone who has tuned in to this week's episode, Have a great week Romy

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast, this week I am joined by Louis DeFelice. We dive deep into Louis’ ballet journey, taking time out from ballet to pursue college, the challenges of getting back to peak condition, touring around Europe and his recent start at New Jersey Ballet, and the challenges that brings to be in a full-time company. We also talk about the creation of The Dancer’s List, co-founded alongside Lucas Labrador, you can find it here; https://www.thedancerslist.com/?fbclid=PAAaaZ03bxafjwPNyJfe4_J_47_haHTbTGtlodkeVCzR9XtSX23pSfYHp9F-M_aem_AZmXpveDjTPHIWB-f8K-1J3fnVT9tVl5Bdk5J9_VBadicA8bQba1pT2X0X047wnACME You can find Louis here; IG @loudefelice TikTok @ballet_felice Thank you to everyone that tuned into this week's episode! Love Romy x

Hi everyone and welcome back to season 6, EPISODE 3! In conversation with Jamiel Devernay-Laurence, a multi-disciplinary artist. In this episode, I sit down with Jamiel in person at Lantern Studio Theatre in Canary Wharf to talk about his journey from growing up in east London to dancing with Scottish Ballet to creating ‘Ballet Nights’. Find Jamiel here ; @jamiellaurence @balletnights https://www.jamiellaurence.com/ https://balletnights.com https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/balletnights/ballet-nights-002/e-ebboxl Thank you Jamiel for your time and energy for this week's episode! Wishing all of you a fantastic week, love Romy x

Hi everyone and welcome back to The Hard Corps Podcast, the dance podcast having open & honest conversations. This week I’m joined by Annabel Macdonald, freelance professional ballet dancer based in LA. In this episode Annabel and I dive deep into her break during her ballet training, her injury recovery and what brought her back into the studio. You can find Annabel here IG: @annabel.blu Tik tok: @ballerinabel I hope you enjoy the episode! Romy