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Tara Pennington is a character in Barbie in The Pink Shoes. She is voiced by Ali Liebert. Tara is a ballet dancer in a ballet school, and the troupe is practicing for a showcase for a major dance company. Tara is the troupe's perennial lead. Kristyn Farraday, another member of the troupe, admires Tara's dancing, but can never manage to dance as well as Tara can.
Story[]
At first, Tara dislikes Kristyn, but after Kristyn and Hailey return from the ballet world, Tara gives Kristyn a pair of dancing shoes for her to use. During Kristyn's final performance, Tara cheers her on and claps her hands together in delight when she finishes. Afterwards, they hug and congratulate each other on a job well done. It is later known that she studied dance in France when she was young. In the end, Madame Natasha tells Tara that she got the role of Giselle and she tells Dillon that he got the role of Prince Albrecht.
Physical Appearance[]
Tara is a teenage girl with brunette hair, brown eyes and light skin.
Training outfit[]
When she's training, she wears a 1/4-sleeved black leotard, a white tutu skirt with a white broad band around her waist, white tights and white pointe shoes. Her hair is tied in a bun.
Performance outfit[]
In her final performance, she has the same dress as Odile had in the story book. It is a black pancake tutu with glittery golden decorative swirly designs on the right chest and on the tutu’s skirt, white tights, black pointe shoes, and golden headbands around her head.
Christmas Special[]
She wears a spaghetti-strap bright red romantic tutu which reaches a bit below the knees with white tights and bright red pointe shoes. Her hair is tied in a high bun.
Personality[]
Tara's known to be snobby and self-centered, and she wants to do her best in her performances. She accuses Dillon when the performance has flaws. In the end, she is happy about Kristyn's awesome performance. She is shown to be very focused when it comes to dancing.
Quotes[]
- "This is cutting into my rehearsal time."
- "Of course we weren't going all out. Saving something for the show tonight. That's why those positions were so sloppy, right Dillon?"
- "I'm sorry guys. I don't want to be a downer, but I have three solos to think about, so can we have some focus please?"
- "Last rehearsal before the show, Dillon! Let's make magic!"
- "Go out there and make magic!"
- "There you are! I've been looking all over for you. You're a size five, right? Well I brought you these. They're from last season. I wasn't gonna use them."
- "That's not the choreography. What's she doing?"
| Barbie in The Pink Shoes |
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 Quote: "Listen to the beat of your heart and keep on dancing" Media: Barbie in The Pink Shoes | Land of Sweets Characters: Kristyn Farraday | Hailey | Tara Pennington | Odile | Hannah | Dillon Matthews | Prince Siegfried | Madame Natasha | Snow Queen | Sugar Plum Fairy | Cygnets | Rothbart | Peasants | Madame Katerina | Berthe | Queen Vera | Prince Albrecht | Hilarion | Ballet Scouts | Nutcracker | Mr. Pennington | Thorpe Objects: Pink Shoes Locations: Ballet World | Siegfried's Castle | Snow Queen's Palace Songs: "Keep on Dancing" | "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" |