character dance Archives - Tala Lee-Turton

Final year character exam – Bolshoi Ballet Academy 2016

A group of dancers in character costumes pose in a group in the middle of a dance studio. They have black leotards and either black or red skirts. They are posing in front of floor to ceiling windows in the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.

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 … April 20th 2016 and my state exams are completed! As with all major life events, it seemed as if they were …

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Winter’s here in Moscow!

Tala Lee-Turton stands in full folk costume and little white boots about to go on stage to dance.

17th October. That’s the day Winter officially arrived here in Moscow. I’m not sure whether the temperature had dropped a little below zero before then but I was certainly more aware of it after that fateful Friday that brought the first snow to the City! Temperatures have since been down as low as minus 10 degrees! As …

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