A very special exhibition is being mounted this spring to mark the fifth anniversary of White Lodge Museum & Ballet Resource Centre, based at The Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park. Darcey Bussell: from Student to Star of The Royal Ballet will chart Darcey Bussell’s life as the nation’s favourite ballerina, from her days as […]
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Dame Monica Mason yesterday unveiled a painting at White Lodge, Richmond Park, that she has generously donated to the School. The painting, by Martin Sutherland, is a 12 x 17.5 foot tableau of the set of Hamlet, depicting Helpmann’s 1942 staging of the piece, created in 1987 for Leslie Hurry’s exhibition about the ballet. The
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We were lucky today to have former Royal Ballet principal ballerina and Director Dame Monica Mason DBE at the School to talk to 2nd Year students about her career. The talk formed part of the students’ Btec Diploma in Performing Arts (Dance) where they learn about different jobs roles. The students had lots of questions
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Our 2nd Year students were treated today to a masterclass from Sir Anthony Dowell. Sir Anthony spent an hour coaching the boys in his solo from Frederick Ashton’s ballet A Month in the Country. The first performance of the ballet was by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House on 12 February 1976 and
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