Success at virtual auditions and masterclasses in locked down Portugal A recent successful round of Royal Ballet School virtual auditions in Porto, Portugal should reassure any applicants concerned about the effectiveness of auditioning online rather than in person. On Saturday 31 October 2020, auditionees visited Conservatório de Dança do Vale do Sousa, in Porto, Portugal […]

The Royal Ballet School Healthcare team shortlisted by One Dance UK Awards 2020 We are delighted to announce The Royal Ballet School Healthcare team have been recognised on the One Dance UK Awards 2020 shortlist. The One Dance UK Awards are an annual celebration for people from across the dance sector to unite, celebrate, acknowledge and reward

The Royal Ballet School launches Enlighten teacher training webinars Due to the popularity of our teacher training webinars during lockdown, The Royal Ballet School is continuing the series of webinars for dance teachers under the title Enlighten. Enlighten provides invaluable insight and information surrounding all aspects of dance teaching and learning, taught by expert staff.

Students return to The Royal Ballet School After an extended period of lockdown, The Royal Ballet School has finally opened its doors to welcome back students and staff for the first time in six months. Since April, The Royal Ballet School became a virtual school for the Summer Term with Artistic and Academic classes and

Online Summer Intensive 2020: your response   This July, The Royal Ballet School hosted its first ever Online Summer Intensive, in response to the closure of the School buildings during the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 1813 students from all over the world attended the virtual classes taught by The Royal Ballet School Artistic team

Diploma of Dance Teaching: Year of 2020 Our third cohort of student teachers have now graduated from The Royal Ballet School’s Diploma of Dance Teaching course. Recognition of their achievements will take place in a graduation ceremony on Saturday 24 October 2020. The student teachers began their training at the School in 2018, but completed

Virtual Graduation 2020 This year was The Royal Ballet School’s first ever virtual Graduation and although the new presentation would not ordinarily have been wished for, it was uniquely special and a moment in time that will be remembered and entered into the School’s archives. Despite the fact that the graduation took place online, this

Students benefit from mentoring sessions with Royal Ballet School alumni Royal Ballet School students have been benefitting during lockdown from a programme of online mentoring sessions with Royal Ballet School alumni, discussing a range of topics from the guests’ careers in dance to life and training in lockdown. They have had Q&A sessions with the