The School launch new Diploma of Classical Ballet Teaching As we celebrate our centenary, we are proud to launch the next chapter in our legacy of world-leading teacher training. For over a decade, our Diploma of Dance Teaching (DDT) has set the benchmark for excellence in classical ballet pedagogy. Now, building on that success, we are introducing the Diploma of […]
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Graduation 2026 On Saturday 18 July, following their final performance at The Royal Opera House as students of The Royal Ballet School, our Pre-professional students and 100th cohort of graduates met their loved ones outside the stage door before heading into the Linden Studio Theatre for their graduation ceremony. Surrounded by family, friends and teachers, the students celebrated their remarkable achievements and the culmination of their training at the School. The
The School’s 100th graduate year achieve 100% employment rate The Royal Ballet School is proud to present its 100th cohort of graduates – a milestone moment honouring both inheritance and future. We are thrilled to share that all 30 graduating students have secured professional contracts with 17 prestigious companies worldwide, including six with The Royal Ballet and five with Birmingham Royal Ballet. The broad range of companies in the UK and
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100 stories: Lauren Cuthbertson 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 Lauren Cuthbertson, now Guest Principal Artist of The Royal Ballet and current student of our Diploma of Dance Teaching, and how she has come full circle through the ecosystem of the School. When Lauren Cuthbertson
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Introducing The Royal Ballet School x Freed of London centenary dancewear collection We are thrilled to announce that The Royal Ballet School has partnered with Freed of London to release a limited-edition dancewear collection that blends heritage craftsmanship with timeless ballet elegance. Marking 100 years of excellence, the collection has been designed in close collaboration with the School and created exclusively for this milestone, reflecting
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Solos Evening 2026 Last Thursday 19 and Friday 20 March, students from 1st, 2nd and Pre-professional Years performed a range of solo variations from the classical repertoire in the Linden Theatre at Upper School for our donors, staff and parents. The students had been studying these solos for their school assessments and were thrilled to have another performance opportunity this term ahead of our Summer Performances.
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Introducing Strength and Grace: Portraits of The Royal Ballet School We are thrilled to announce the release of a landmark coffee-table book, Strength and Grace: Portraits of The Royal Ballet School, featuring portraits of more than 60 of the School’s influential alumni, photographed by Rick Guest and Olivia Pomp, and interviewed by Sarah Crompton. Produced to
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Students perform in Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey On Monday 9 March, Pre-professional Year students Wendel, Elliott and Cian-You were invited to perform at the annual Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration at Westminster Abbey, delivered by the Royal Commonwealth Society. Commonwealth Day celebrates the shared values and cooperation of the Commonwealth’s 56 member countries, home to 2.7 billion
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On Sunday 2 March, The Royal Ballet School opened our doors to the public for the first time in our near 100-year history, as part of Angela Rippon’s nationwide Let’s Dance initiative. The initiative aimed to get the nation dancing, and we were thrilled to welcome people from all walks of life into our studios to experience the joy of movement firsthand, many of whom had never stepped foot in a ballet studio before.
100 stories: Choreography at the School 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 important part that choreography plays in the School’s story. ‘Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.’ – Dame Ninette de Valois The evolution of
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