Cloud & Victory

‘Taking care of ourselves is a way of honoring our gift of existence. ‘ ------ February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day. Ballet dancers face demands on their body, not just physically but aesthetically. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily to eat and be healthy, whether we’re professional dancers or not! www.cloudandvictory.com

Ballet Breakfast Club: Xander Parish, first soloist, Mariinsky Ballet: ‘Now how's that for a good looking scrambled eggs on toast?!’ ------ February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day. Ballet dancers face demands on their body, not just physically but aesthetically. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily to eat and be healthy, whether we’re professional dancers or not! www.cloudandvictory.com

------ February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day. Ballet dancers face demands on their body, not just physically but aesthetically. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily to eat and be healthy, whether we’re professional dancers or not!

#balletbreakfastclub: Lauren Cuthbertson, principal dancer, the Royal Ballet: ‘Buckwheat granola with raisins, pumpkin seeds, almonds, blueberries, raspberries, a dollop of Greek yoghurt and a dash of almond milk, and espresso with cold milk.’ ‘I love breakfast but struggle eating in the morning but I force myself to because I know it will give me the right energy for the morning.’ ------ February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day. Ballet dancers face demands on their body, not just physically but aesthetically. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily to eat and be healthy, whether we’re professional dancers or not!

#balletbreakfastclub: Patricia Zhou, corps de ballet, Staatsballett Berlin: ‘Breakfast is always three scrambled organic eggs cooked in a tablespoon of butter, and a cup of bulletproof coffee (which is essentially coffee with butter in it). I follow a Ketogenic diet - a low-carb, high-fat diet in which your body burns fat instead of carbs for energy - so making sure I get enough fat in the morning is pretty crucial! It sounds totally backwards and crazy, especially since everything "healthy" nowadays is "low-fat" (which usually means high-sugar by the way), but I've found that the Keto diet works wonderfully for me, so I've stuck to it. When I first started cooking for myself I always tried to eat healthily and what I thought I should eat as a dancer, but after years of dancing professionally, I've realized that there is no one "dancer diet". Everyone has their own way of eating. It's important to realize that nutrition and diet are personal and unique. What works for someone else, might not work for you, and the Keto diet, while extremely restrictive at times, has had a massive impact on my life. My body feels generally much better and I have much more energy as well. Plus I have an excuse to eat bacon and cheese... I'm not trying to persuade you to go Keto but merely insisting that you listen to your body, take care of what you eat, and make sure to stay healthy. ⭐️’ ------ February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day. Ballet dancers face demands on their body, not just physically but aesthetically. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily to eat and be healthy, whether we’re professional dancers or not! www.cloudandvictory.com

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Ballet Breakfast Club: Gillian Murphy, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre: 'Along with a skim latte and some oj, this medley from Pret a Manger (egg, quinoa, arugula, tomato, and avocado) is yummy and gives me the perfect mix of protein, carbs, and healthy fats to get going before class each morning 😛💪🏼' ------ February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day. Ballet dancers face demands on their body, not just physically but aesthetically. That doesn’t negate the fact that it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily to eat and be healthy, whether we’re professional dancers or not! www.cloudandvictory.com

February 26 - March 4 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Eating disorders are illnesses that have affected me personally, as well as friends I know both in and out of the ballet industry. They are malicious illnesses; their sufferers are often misunderstood. At C&V, I have always strove to keep the dialogue about EDs going and to let anyone struggling with this disease in whatever form it takes - anorexia, bulimia, binging, EDNOS - know that they are not alone, and they deserve to be healthy and happy. Throughout the week, I’ll be posting photos contributed by dancers from various companies depicting what they had for breakfast on a particular day, under the hashtag #balletbreakfastclub - because it’s not just okay, but totally necessarily - for us to eat! I’ll also be doing a livestream on instagram stories (@cloudandvictory) on Friday, 8.30pm EST to talk about ED recovery, body image, nourishment and all that good stuff. I will be speaking from my experience, and feel free to DM me with any questions or issues you want me to talk about, and come join in the discussion with me on Friday! www.cloudandvictory.com

Everyday is a baller day when you're a ballet dancer. #trueballetfacts ✨ www.cloudandvictory.com

Happy Friday everyone! You survived the week and deserve to be showered in flower petals/confetti/rainbow sparkles. 🎉✨🎉 www.cloudandvictory.com Vid: Alina Cojocaru & Johan Kobborg; the Voices of Spring.

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OLYMPIQUÉ: As Michael Phelps picked up his 19, 20 and 21st gold medals, there was a neverending shirtless party by the Olympic pool in Rio. So naturally, a wild Roberto Bolle appeared. www.cloudandvictory.com

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Throwback to being Joy Womack's Prince not-so-Charming. www.cloudandvictory.com

#blessedbyOdette 🙌 we should all be so lucky. www.cloudandvictory.com Vid: Ekaterina Kondaurova (@ekaterina_kondaurova) & Timur Askerov (@timur.askerov), Mariinsky's Swan Lake. #ballet #dance #ekaterinakondaurova #timuraskerov #swanlake #mariinsky

Happy Bastille Day!

Happy Fourth to our American friends, from C&V in Singapore! What better way to commemorate this day than with a picture of one of my favourite American ballerinas, Bella Boylston holding a burger (a ShakeShack double cheeseburger, no less) in front of Mt Rushmore while an eagle soars majestically overhead. AMURRICA. -Min www.cloudandvictory.com