Bolshoi Ballet Academy Winter Performance 2013 Archives

Highlights of my second year training at the Bolshoi

Tala Lee-Turton in the Bolshoi Ballet Academy studios. She is stood with her left hand in the air and her left leg pointed to the front and is in front of a floor to ceiling window.

I can’t quite believe I’m back home after completing the second year of my training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy! I left Moscow in the scorching 30 degrees heat – it’s not so hot and sunny here in England but I am pleased to be back and catching up with all my friends and family …

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Back to Moscow for a very cold January

A dancer in a lilac tutu stands in a corner of a majestic ballroom and a photographer is crouched about to take a photo of her.

So my arrival back in Moscow went extremely smoothly; I arrived on Sunday 12th January 2014 with no complications, ready to start class straight away on the Monday. I have to admit I was feeling a little trepidation about how my body was going to take the first day back but I was really pleased …

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Video of Small Grand Pas Audition Performance – Bolshoi Ballet Academy Winter Performance 2013

Three dancers pose on the Bolshoi Ballet Academy stage. A male dancer is in the middle and holds each female dancers hand as they stand on pointe in attitude with their legs behind them. They are wearing pink romantic tutus.

Click on the youtube link to view our audition for the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Winter Performance 2013 – featuring me, Carleigh Denlinger, Carlota Rodrigues, Frances Chen, Jotaro Kanazasi, Motoya Araki and girls from the younger classes. If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, following my training at the Bolshoi Ballet …

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