On Monday 16 May, Sir Matthew Bourne, creator of the dance company New Adventures came to give a talk to the students about his experience of entering contemporary dance, choreography and his current work as Director of New Adventures. He was joined by Glenn Graham and Royal Ballet School alumna, Katrina Lyndon, both company members at New Adventures. […]
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Royal Ballet School alumna, Alessandra Ferri has won the 2016 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, for her performances in Chéri and Woolf Works at the Royal Opera House. She collected her award at the ceremony, held at the Royal Opera House, on Sunday 4 April. Italian dancer, Alessandra Ferri is a former Principal of The
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School alumnus and teacher and former Royal Ballet Principal David Drew MBE has died at the age of 77 after a long illness. After graduating from The Royal Ballet School in 1955, David joined The Royal Ballet company, being promoted first to Soloist (1962) then Principal (1974), then Principal Character Artist (1989). His career with the
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Our younger students were treated to a very special performance and Q&A session with the Ballet Boyz this week at White Lodge. The Ballet Boyz, which was co-founded by Royal Ballet School-trained Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, performed an impressive contemporary piece by alumnus Alexander Whitley called The Murmuring from their latest production The
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We are pleased to announce a prestigious line-up of guest teachers at this year’s International Summer School: Follow the links for biog information White Lodge: Theo Dantes – Spanish dance teacher Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp OBE – Creative dance teacher Glenn Wilkinson – Contemporary dance teacher Covent Garden: Amanda Britton – Contemporary dance teacher Viviana Durante – Ballet
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Four of our students appeared alongside Darcey Bussell this month at a special event at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour called the Twinkle of Christmas. Ella Newton and Jack Bruce(Year 7) and Tori Forsyth-Hecken and Joseph Irvine (Year 11), were special guests at the illumination of the Christmas lights, which were turned on by Darcey Bussell. Photos: Marcus
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Last week our 2nd Year students were encouraged to consider their professional careers at a workshop with Dancers’ Career Development  (DCD) and a special line-up of DCD-retrained dancers in Covent Garden. DCD’s Executive Director, Jennifer Curry and Grants and Careers Officer, Ellen Chambers, delivered this second workshop as part of our pioneering partnership with the organisation, aimed at equipping students with
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We are delighted to invite all alumni to a very special Alumni Diamond Jubilee Celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of White Lodge, in Richmond Park, being home to Royal Ballet School students. Please join us on Saturday 6 June (Dame Ninette de Valois’ 117th birthday) in the beautiful grounds of White Lodge (1- 5pm) to reconnect
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Click images to enlarge Yesterday Junior Associates were treated to a masterclass in Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, by members of The Royal Ballet. This is the first time The Royal Ballet have held a creative workshop for members of our Associate programme. In total 94 Year 6 Associate students from all eight of our centres around
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Today we have announced three new artistic staff will be joining us to teach at the School from September 2014. Carol-Anne Millar has been appointed as our new girls’ Artistic Teacher at White Lodge. Carol-Anne was a student of The Royal Ballet School both at White Lodge and the Upper School, going on to spend the
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