Portrait of Lara Turk
DancersLara Turk
Coryphée

Lara Turk

Classical BalletNeoclassical BalletNarrative Ballet

Training

  • Local training
  • English National Ballet School

Repertoire

  • Lilac Fairy and Fairy of the Crystal Fountain in The Sleeping Beauty
  • Courtesan in Manon
  • Rosaline in Romeo and Juliet

Promotions

  • 2007First Artist
  • 2012Coryphée

Awards

    Biography

    Lara Turk is a British Coryphée of The Royal Ballet, joining the company in 2007 after training in Durban, South Africa, with Dudley Von Loggenberg and Noleen Nicol, and subsequently at the English National Ballet School in London.

    Turk has built a long career with the company across the classical and contemporary canon, performing roles including the Lilac Fairy and the Fairy of the Crystal Fountain in The Sleeping Beauty, the Courtesan in Manon, and Rosaline in Romeo and Juliet. Her creative work includes roles in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Metamorphosis: Titian 2012.

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