100 stories: Baroness Deborah Bull CBE 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 and former Royal Ballet Principal dancer Baroness Deborah Bull CBE. Deborah trained at the School from Year 7 and, upon graduating, joined […]
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100 stories: Rishan Benjamin 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 and Scottish Ballet First Artist, Rishan Benjamin. Rishan started dancing with the Chance to Dance programme run by the Royal Opera House. She joined the School as a Junior Associate and trained with us through Senior Associates. She
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100 stories: Thomas Forster MBE 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, Thomas Forster MBE. Thomas is a Principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre. He joined The Royal Ballet School first as a Junior Associate then as an Upper School student in 2002. He graduated into
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100 stories: Charlotte Edmonds 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, Charlotte Edmonds. Driven by a passion for storytelling through movement, Charlotte Edmonds is a choreographer and director whose work occupies a space between mainstream
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100 stories: Dame Monica Mason As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future, which will be released over the next 12 months. Today, we share the story of alum Dame Monica Mason DBE, former Principal dancer, Répétiteur and Director of The Royal Ballet. In 2023, Mason returned to
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Alum Kele Roberson returns to the School to share how contemporary dance feeds his creative curiosity Alum Kele Roberson recently returned to the School on 7 November 2026 to host a contemporary workshop with our Pre-professional students. Kele, who performed in Figures in Extinction with Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) at Sadler’s Wells earlier this month, taught the students a solo he performs in part three
Alumna Rebecca Myles Stewart on collaborating with Devon Healey for World Ballet Day choreography School alumna and Royal Ballet Artist Rebecca Myles Stewart was a featured choreographer in this year’s World Ballet Day celebrations. After a brief hiatus, World Ballet Day returned on 12 November 2025 with a refreshed format. Curated and conceived by choreographer Robert
‘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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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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