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Affecting change through dance.

About Tala Lee-Turton

Our vision

A world receptive to culturally and socially disruptive creative voices.

Our purpose

We produce an ambitious portfolio of live, screen and immersive dance experiences, that challenge social and cultural boundaries, built by a network of diverse, self sufficient and empowered creatives.

Our values

Empowering. Connecting. Innovating. Questioning. Impacting.

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Productions

Dancer shown legs only, wearing a cream skirt, standing on pointe by a cello placed on its side with the bow balanced on top.

parler femme – buy tickets now

parler femme is a dance-based triple bill celebrating innovative and inspiring stories about women, experienced through live performance, screen and

Four dancers in a line, walk forward holding another dancer under her arms while she walks forward. They all have thier eyes closed and rest their heads on each other. The dancers wear brightly coloured outfits that pop in orange, pink and blue. They are on a stage which is surrounded by trees.

NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT

“It was the most beautiful, hypnotic and amazing dance performance I’ve ever seen. I have no background in dance … however

CHINESE LAUNDRY

“A real celebration of the nuance of identity. I loved it” – Hannah Maia, SHAFF judge. Chinese Laundry, a Tala

AroundTown Magazine – September 2023: Tala’s triple bill coming to The Ironworks

11/09/2023

This November, Barnsley ballerina Tala Lee-Turton is performing at Elsecar Heritage Centre in a first-of-its kind production. On Thursday 16th November,

Dancer seated back to back with a musician playing the Iranian ghaychak. Dancer has arms crossed in a balletic movement, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits. The musician wears beige trousers and a cream lace top and has dark, long curly hair worn loose.

Exposed Magazine – September 2023: South Yorkshire ballet dancer returns to Sheffield with innovative new show

23/08/2023

Following the huge success of her debut production, No Time Like The Present, Barnsley-born, Bolshoi Ballet Academy alumna Tala Lee-Turton returns to

Seated dancer, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits, looking to the side at a cellist, with long dark curly hair, worn loose, playing soulfully. They both sit on a wooden box, back to back.

parler femme I Northern Ballet

27/07/2023

Live performance, screen and immersive technologies combine in Tala Lee-Turton’s parler femme, an unmissable celebration of innovative and inspiring stories