100 stories: Jonathan Watkins As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of choreographer and director, Jonathan Watkins. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Jonathan discovered his love for movement by dancing on his living room carpet in his childhood home. His talent […]
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100 stories: Yaoqian Shang As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of alum, Yaoqian Shang, Principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet. Born in China, Yaoqian trained with Beijing Dance Academy from the age of 9. Whilst competing at the Youth America Grand
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100 stories: Davi Ramos As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of alum, Davi Ramos, Senior Artist with Australian Ballet. Davi Ramos was born in the Vidigal favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He discovered his passion for ballet at age 13
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100 stories: Iain Mackay As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of The Royal Ballet School’s Artistic Director, Iain Mackay, alum and former Principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet. Whilst attending local ballet classes in Glasgow, Mackay began training with The Royal
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100 stories: Charlotte Edmonds As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of alum, Charlotte Edmonds. Driven by a passion for storytelling through movement, Charlotte Edmonds is a choreographer and director whose work occupies a space between mainstream
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100 stories: Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future, which will be released over the next 12 months. Today, we share the story of Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE. Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE began his dance journey at the age
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100 stories: Dame Monica Mason As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future, which will be released over the next 12 months. Today, we share the story of alum Dame Monica Mason DBE, former Principal dancer, Répétiteur and Director of The Royal Ballet. In 2023, Mason returned to the School
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17 National Dance Award nominations for our alumni Yesterday the National Dance Awards announced its short-listed nominees. We were thrilled to see the dancing and choreographic talents of so many of our alumni recognised; over 10% of this year’s nominees are alumni of the School. We were delighted that both of our parent companies, The
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Royal Ballet School Junior Associates’ Nutcracker workshop On 26 October, our Associate team hosted a workshop around The Nutcracker for our Junior Associates. 140 Junior Associates travelled from across the country to the Upper School in Covent Garden. In the morning our Junior Associates were treated to a demonstration of The Nutcracker by four members
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