Tara Lee received her dance training from Donna Bonasera of Connecticut Dance Theatre and received a full scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School. While dancing with Joffrey II in New York City, John McFall invited her to join Atlanta Ballet, where she became a principal artist for 21 years. Tara has also been a member of Ballet British Columbia and a guest artist with New Orleans Ballet Theatre and Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre in Houston. She has performed internationally in London, Toronto, Beijing, Seoul, and at the Kennedy Center, Joyce Theatre, and Lincoln Center.

Tara has performed works by renowned choreographers including Gerald Arpino, Jorma Elo, Christopher Hampson, James Kudelka, Jiří Kylián, Douglas Lee, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Gina Patterson, Helen Pickett, Michael Pink, Crystal Pite, Alexei Ratmansky, Liam Scarlett, Lauri Stallings, Ben Stevenson, Twyla Tharp, and Stanton Welch. Her principal roles include Odette in Swan Lake, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, Mina in Dracula, Faith/Death in Rite of Spring, Esmeralda in Camino Real, Shee in Big, and title roles in Madame Butterfly, Cinderella, and Firebird.

In 2017, Tara co-founded Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, where she currently serves as rehearsal director, choreographer, and teacher. She has created critically acclaimed works for TMBT, Atlanta Ballet, New Orleans Ballet Theatre, Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, Emory Dance Company, and NYC’s Joyce Theatre. She was named Atlanta Magazine’s “Best Choreographer to Watch” in 2018. Her first dance film, The Poet (in collaboration with Joseph Guay), premiered in 2021 and was featured on Marquee TV. The film was an official selection at multiple international festivals including the Montreal Independent Film Festival, Berlin International Art Film Festival, and San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival. Tara is deeply grateful for a long and joyful career in dance and the opportunity to collaborate with so many inspired artists.