Dance Australia

Katia Kullengren

Y ou came to Australia from Ukraine in 1993. Would you like to share the reason why?

My mother migrated in the hope of a better life. The USSR had fallen and it was an unstable time. I was eight and we settled in Sydney.

Tell us your story with ballet?

Ballet is a huge part of the Eastern European culture. It is something that I believe is innately

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