Every good museum has a quiet room, the one with low light and a single bench where visitors sit longer than they meant to. If this catalogue had one, Sonya would hang there. She is thirty-two, calm in a way that settles other people, and thoughtful enough that her silences feel like part of the conversation.
At 162 cm she has the athletic poise of someone who took ballet seriously for years and still goes to class most weeks. Her hair is dark brown and very straight, worn long; her eyes are hazel, green at the edges in daylight. Sonya lives in Knightsbridge and dresses with understated evening elegance: fine knitwear, a slim skirt, a coat in a colour you have to look at twice before you can name it.
Meditation is her daily discipline, fragrance her private collection. She owns small bottles from perfumers most people have never heard of and wears a different one depending on the evening, never enough to announce itself. She is warm once she knows you, and she comes to know you quite quickly. She speaks English in a low, gentle voice and asks questions worth taking a moment to answer.
In Kensington she would choose The Milestone, the red brick hotel on Kensington Court facing Kensington Gardens, for a quiet drink in its small, clubby bar before dinner. If English National Ballet is dancing in the round at the Royal Albert Hall, she will already know the dates. Otherwise the evening stays gentle and close to your hotel, which is exactly how she likes it.
Sonya is booked most often for Kensington and W8. One message through the booking page is enough to reserve her.
