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Ballet star Matthew Ball on gruelling roles and getting ogled on Instagram: 'I don't feel precious about my body' by Lyndsey Winship

Tall, handsome and used to receiving fire emojis on his social media posts, the dancer has, with his partner Mayara Magri, been called 'the Posh'n'Becks of ballet'. But there is suffering in his art: 'I kind of enjoy negativity,' he says In the expensive hush of a hotel bar over the road from the Royal Ballet and Opera in Covent Garden, London, Matthew Ball asks for a mint tea. I'm having a white wine; Ball's body is…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:42am on December 4, 2025

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