How a girl from rural UK made it into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy
How a girl from rural UK made it into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Darya Chenikova Rachel Armstrong is already a graduate of Russia’s top ballet school. She told Russia Beyond about her journey from a village in the north of England to the Russian capital, despite not knowing the language. On the topic of Bardon Mill, a village in Northumberland, a six-hour drive north of London, guidebooks are brief: “Located near Hadrian’s Wall and the ancient Roman fort of Vindolanda.” Locals might tell you that every fall it hosts the Roman Empire Conker Championship, and fans of my...