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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Introducing The Gillian Lynne Award for Choreographic Innovation In honour of renowned dancer, director and choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne’s trailblazing choreographic work and on what would have been her 100th birthday, today we are thrilled to announce the introduction of The Gillian Lynne Award for Choreographic Innovation – an award for students who push the boundaries of ballet and show a fearless approach
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The School host free Associate insight classes for primary school students in Edinburgh and Dagenham As part of our 100th anniversary celebrations, we were thrilled to host free Associate Insight classes for local primary school students in Edinburgh and Dagenham this month. On Thursday 5 February, over 70 Year 3 and 4 students from Abbeyhill Primary School and Royal Mile Primary School participated in workshops taught by Royal Ballet School alum and former Principal of Scottish Ballet,
The School announce new Associate centre in Newcastle We are thrilled to share that from September 2026, we will expand our national Associate Programme to offer regional training at Dance City in Newcastle. This new location will increase the School’s total Associate centre count to nine across the UK – alongside existing centres in Birmingham, Eastleigh, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, and Manchester, and recently announced
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