Ring in the festive season with our 2025 Christmas gift guide The festive season is just around the corner, and with it comes long lists for Christmas shopping. To help you out, we put together our favourite items for everyone on your list. From special presents for loved ones to secret santa gifts for coworkers, […]
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‘Be brave enough to pivot and have the courage to take a risk.’ Alumni Araminta Wraith and Nicky Henshall share testimonials about Dancer’s Career Development Araminta Wraith and Nicky Henshall returned to the School earlier this year for a presentation and Q & A with our Pre-professional male students about Dancers Career Development (DCD),
Get to know Japan Intensive guest teacher and alumna Nao Sakuma Alumna and former Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Nao Sakuma will be a guest teacher at The Royal Ballet School’s Japan Intensive this December. The Intensive Course, sponsored by Kinoshita Group, will feature selective and non-selective courses, additional coaching sessions and adult classes all taught
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Four Pre-professional students represent the School at the YGP Japan Gala Pre-professional students Alecsia, Nanoha, Fabrizzio and Wendel represented The Royal Ballet School at the Youth Grand Prix Japan (YGP) ‘Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow’ Gala in Tokyo on 12 October 2025. The performance featured student representatives from the competition’s partner schools
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Meet new ballet teachers Leanne Cope and Itziar Mendizabal We are pleased to welcome Leanne Cope and Itziar Mendizabal, both former dancers with The Royal Ballet, and Leanne a former student of the School, to our full-time teaching staff. Leanne joins our White Lodge faculty while Itziar joins Upper School as 2nd Year ladies teacher.
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‘The fact that I’m here is because I was there.’ Creative Artist Talk with alum Jonathan Watkins We welcomed award-winning choreographer and director Jonathan Watkins back to The Royal Ballet School for an insightful and entertaining Creative Artist Talk on 9 October 2025. Jonathan joined The Royal Ballet School aged 12, where his choreographic journey
Celebrating World Mental Health Day with our School Counsellor and Mental Health Lead To celebrate World Mental Health Day, we are shining a spotlight on Lucy Bailie, School Counsellor at White Lodge since 2022, and Naomi Rogers, our new Mental Health Lead. Lucy and Naomi are promoting this initiative at the School by sending a
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Finding home far from home: get to know our American students As we prepare to host our first intensive course in Los Angeles, California, we want to spotlight some of our American students who traveled across the world to train at The Royal Ballet School. They shared how they first learned about the School, the
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Associates to full-time students: meet Joel, Tabitha and Taylor As our Associate Programme continues to grow with new centres opening around the UK and the UK Scholars programme for Mid Associate students starting in 2026, we’re spotlighting three full-time students who began their journey with The Royal Ballet School as Associates themselves. 1st Years Joel
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Physical Development Lead Chris McCann shares the School’s innovative healthcare research at international conferences This spring, The Royal Ballet School’s Physical Development Lead Chris McCann shared our world-leading healthcare practices at various international conferences. His presentations demonstrated how our emphasis on strength and conditioning in dance training is setting the foundation for best practices across
