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Life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy

Dancer Tala Lee-Turton sits on the edge of a fountain in front of the majestic Astrakhan Theatre in Russia. The building is white with a green roof and turrets on each corner.

One year on …

16/08/2017

It seems crazy that a whole year has passed since my graduation.  I’ve now commenced my second year as a professional and my first full season working for Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theatre, after gaining such a lot of performance experience initially with Royal Ballet of Moscow and St Petersburg Ballet.

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Tala Lee-Turton poses on stage after a performance of Giselle. She has on a Giselle romantic white tutu.

Life as a professional ballet dancer …

20/10/2016

I find it hugely satisfying to be able to say that after four years of intensive training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, I’ve now made a start on my career as a professional ballet dancer.  If you’d like to follow my journey as a professional go over to my Instagram page here.

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A dancer in a black tutu looks into the camera as she holds her arms around her legs - she is seated.

Barnsley Civic Champion

13/08/2016

I’m really honoured to have been invited to be on this list. It’s a list of prominent Barnsley people who have done well and act as advocates for the arts. Click on this link to go to the website Civic Champions Go over to my Instagram page if you’d like to follow my journey

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A group of dancers in ball gowns at their graduation from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. They are stood on a red carpet holding their diplomas and infont of a 217 which stands for the number of graduation ceremonies the Academy has held.

Graduation 2016 – Bolshoi Ballet Academy

21/07/2016

Wow.  It’s hard to describe the magnitude of my feelings when I look back on my graduation at the end of June.  I’ve graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy after four years of intensity I never dreamed I would ever experience.  I am now only the third British female student to graduate

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Tala Lee-Turton backstage waiting to perform at the World Ballet Competition in 2016. She is wearing a turquoise and white tutu.

World Ballet Competition 2016

15/06/2016

If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here.  Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … Miraculously, the year is almost done.  I’ve just spent eight days in wonderfully sunny Florida competing in the

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A still from the film, Chinese Laundry. The dancer is in a laundry surrounded by ironing boards and clothes and is resting her head and arms on one of the ironing boards whilst looking directly at the camera.
A still from the film, Chinese Laundry. The dancer is in profile and is gazing to the left of the image. She is looking thoughtfully as she stands in the middle of woods in the Peak District.
A dancer holds a spray of dried flowers behind her back as she holds out her arm with a delicate bend of her wrist and gazes to the left.
A dancer is wearing a black halter neck jumpsuit and is resting her hand behind her neck with the other in her pocket.
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.
Dancer with blonde bob peers through a bunch of dried flowers.
A still from the film, Chinese Laundry - the dancer is situated in front of a full washing machine. She has the hood of her hoody up and is looking cautiously at the camera.
Close up of seated dancer, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits, looking into the distance, sat next to a cellist, with long dark curly hair, worn loose, playing soulfully.
Tala Lee-Turton gazes wistfully to the left of the camera with one arm over her head. She is in a room with dark wooden panels.
A dancer with a blonde bob holding sprays of dried flowers above and behind her head with her eyes closed as if in meditation.
A dancer leans to the side with her left hand up and right hand down to the side and behind. The back ground is red and she is in a black bolero top and leggings over a beige coloured leotard.
An animated dancer wearing a pink wig looks intently at the camera
five dancers motionless, standing ready to dance.
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.

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