Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé dance with unforced beauty, imbuing Ashton’s 1960 romcom with a rare sense of mutual discovery Ballet is all about illusion and when Peregrine, the cute pony in ...

“My earliest memory of dancing,” Marcelino Sambé says, “is of being at a community centre for children from troubled families, in Alto da Loba, on the outskirts of Lisbon, where I was born.” We are ...

Fast forward 11 years later and Sambe, now 24, has her sights set on competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, under the guidance of her coach, Rhonda Harper. After Harper recruited Sambe to compete in a ...

Khadjou Sambe, Senegal's first female professional surfer, trains near her home in the district of Ngor - the westernmost point of the African continent. "I would always see people surfing and I'd say ...

DAKAR – Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Khadjou Sambe never saw a Black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As Senegal’s first female professional surfer, Sambe is now inspiring the next ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Never shy of tackling complex stories, Cathy Marston has attempted to tell the life and tragically short career ...

‘When I did my first shows, people would ask me “Why do you smile so much?”,’ Marcelino Sambé, the Royal Ballet’s newest principal, reveals with a grin. ‘I’d explain I never felt like I had to come on ...

"I would always see people surfing and I'd say to myself: 'But where are the girls who surf?'" says the 25-year-old. "I thought: 'Why don't I go surfing, represent my country, represent Africa, ...