Celebrating Dame Ninette de Valois’ birthday with Dr Anna Meadmore, newly awarded for her thesis on the School’s founder This month, we mark the birthday of the School’s founder, Dame Ninette de Valois, who was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, on 6 June 1898. It seems an opportune moment to look at the research into de […]
ABT Studio Company visit Upper School On Monday 9 June, we were excited to welcome American Ballet Theatre Studio Company to Upper School in Covent Garden, with Artistic Director Sascha Radetsky guest teaching our Pre-professional Year student’s morning class in the Linden studio. It was wonderful to see our students dancing alongside the 11 ABT
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Celebrating 20 years of Primary Steps On Saturday 24 May, we held our final Primary Steps graduation at Upper School in Covent Garden. It was a bittersweet day as this year’s graduation marked the end of the programme after 20 years. While we are deeply saddened that the programme will no longer continue in its current
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Frederick Ashton Emerging Choreographer 2025 Our second annual Frederick Ashton Emerging Choreographer performances were held in the Upper School Linden Studio Theatre on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 May. The final event in the Ninette de Valois Choreographic Programme for the year, this performance honours the profound significance to the School of the Founding Choreographer
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Summer Performance spotlight: Morgann Runacre-Temple on Swingle Stepping We are delighted to welcome Morgann Runacre-Temple back to the School for the staging of her rhythmic and playful contemporary work, Swingle Stepping, six years on from when she first choreographed the piece for our students. This year, her piece will be re-mounted for the third time
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Remembering Gail Graves The Royal Ballet School is deeply saddened to learn that Gail Graves, former Senior Academic Teacher and Head of Degree Programme at Upper School, has died. Gail started working for The Royal Ballet School in September 2010, and was responsible for the creation and introduction of the bespoke Foundation Degree and BA in
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Students perform at Buckingham Palace Garden Party On Wednesday 14 May, eight of our Year 10 students were invited to perform at a special Garden Party at Buckingham Palace hosted by Their Majesties The King and Queen to celebrate the Education and Skills sector. Supported by the Department of Education, the event honoured individuals
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Summer Performance spotlight: Diana Cuni Mancini on the legacy of Bournonville’s Napoli 220 years on from the birth of August Bournonville, this summer students of The Royal Ballet School will have the unique opportunity to perform Napoli in our annual performances, staged by renowned répétiteur and Bournonville specialist Diana Cuni Mancini. A former soloist with
Student insights on performing in The Royal Ballet’s productions of Romeo and Juliet and Onegin Throughout the School year, students have a unique opportunity to take their training from the studio to the stage by performing alongside world-renowned artists of The Royal Ballet. These performances not only provide invaluable professional experience but also mark a
Summer Performance spotlight: Vanessa Palmer on Les Patineurs Former alumna of the School, Vanessa Palmer joined The Royal Ballet in 1989 before later moving up the ranks to Soloist and Assistant Ballet Mistress. She was awarded an I.S.T.D Fellowship and has completed the RAD Benesh Movement Notation for Ballet course. In 2019, Vanessa was asked
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