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Ballet dancer Tala: 'We're all struggling to keep afloat'
Tala Lee-Turton is a British ballet dancer from Barnsley.
She's one of an elite few to train and graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow.
The 23-year-old has told 5 Live Breakfast that eating disorders are just the "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to mental health in the dance world and that many dancers are "struggling to keep afloat and keep healthy, both physically and mentally."
This is clip is from 5 Live Breakfast on Wednesday 29th May 2019.
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