After tough Bolshoi training, British ballerina sets eyes on world stage

MOSCOW: Rachel Armstrong will take a leap towards her dream of becoming one of the world's top ballet dancers when she graduates from Russia's renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy this month.

Armstrong, 20, is among the few dancers from England to ever graduate from the prestigious institution, whose Russian and foreign graduates dance for ballet companies across the globe. Armstrong moved to Moscow in 2018 from Northumberland in northern England as a 17-year-old to train at the academy and finish her schooling.