A chat with Principal dancer and alumnus, Brandon Lawrence After a successful 12-years with Birmingham Royal Ballet, alumnus Brandon Lawrence bids farewell to the Company as he leaves to join Ballett Zürich in Cathy Marston’s first season as Director. Brandon attended the School from 2006 to 2011. In 2008 he received the Royal Academy of […]
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The Royal Ballet School welcomes four new Artistic staff We are excited to share that The Royal Ballet School will welcome four new highly-respected full-time Artistic teachers across White Lodge and Upper School in September. Larissa Bamber and James Butcher will join White Lodge’s teaching faculty, with Sarah Kundi and Stuart Cassidy joining the
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Alumni promotions 2023/24 It never ceases to make us proud to hear of our alumni’s wonderful achievements. We were delighted to hear that many of our alumni have received promotions in The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Northern Ballet for the 2023/24 season. The Royal Ballet Mica Bradbury, Hannah Grennell, Joonhyuk
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In conversation with Ashley Killar Ashley Killar attended the School from 1954-1962. He began his professional career with John Cranko at Stuttgart Ballet, before becoming a founding member of Scottish Ballet and a Soloist with Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet. Post performing career, Ashley worked as a Ballet Master and later became the Artistic Director of
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A ‘pawsome’ visit from Dame Darcey Bussell DBE and Darcey the Guide Dog Yesterday was a memorable day for our White Lodge students as they welcomed not only one but two well-known Darceys into the School for a special visit! Renowned ballerina and alumna of the School Dame Darcey Bussell DBE visited White Lodge to
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50 years of John Neumeier at Hamburg Ballet Last week four Upper School students were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform as part of the renowned John Neumeier’s 50th anniversary season at the Hamburg Ballet. Our students, accompanied by Artistic Director & CEO Christopher Powney and Ballet Teacher Paul Lewis, travelled to Hamburg to perform
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Honours for our alumni in King’s Birthday Honours Congratulations to our alumni Christopher Hampson and Russell Maliphant for receiving honours on the King’s Birthday Honours list for 2023. This is a wonderful acknowledgement of their services to dance and we were pleased to see the dance sector represented across the list. Christopher Hampson began training
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National Dance Awards 2023 The National Dance Awards 2023 took place on Tuesday 5 June, and we were proud to see many of our alumni nominated. Held at the Coronet Theatre, the ceremony was presented by Mariana Gomes, former dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, and José Alves, former Ballet Black dancer. The Critic’s Circle Organised every
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The Firebird with Dame Monica Mason at Chipping Campden Music Festival On Monday 22 May, two of our Upper School 2nd Year students performed an excerpt of The Firebird at the Chipping Campden Music Festival. Acclaimed ballerina, director, and devotee of The Royal Ballet School, Dame Monica Mason, presented two of our students, Francesca and
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Behind MacMillan’s The Four Seasons with choreologist Giacomo Bevilacqua Kenneth MacMillan’s 1975 piece The Four Seasons will be performed by our talented 1st and 2nd Year Upper School students in the upcoming Summer Performance season at Opera Holland Park and the Royal Opera House. Our students have had the pleasure of learning from expert choreologist
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