A Creative Artist Talk with Dame Monica Mason Certainly within the walls of the School, our latest Creative Artist Speaker needed no introduction. Dame Monica Mason was a student, then The Royal Ballet’s youngest dancer, then Principal Dancer, then Director of the Company until her retirement in 2012. Still very connected to the School and […]
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A chat with author and alumna, Lucy Ashe At the School, one of our most fundamental values is to ensure all individuals have what they need to reach their potential and feel empowered to shape their futures as healthy, resilient human beings. That’s why we’re always so incredibly happy to hear when our alumni are flourishing.
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Our alumni join BRB2, a new Birmingham Royal Ballet company We’re thrilled that four of our alumni have been chosen as founding members of the new Birmingham Royal Ballet company, BRB2. Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) has created a new initiative, a two-year performance programme for some of the best young ballet graduates from around the
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Celebrating Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover CBE on her 90th birthday We were so happy to be able to commemorate the 90th Birthday of Anya Linden, Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover, CBE, at our Chairman’s Circle event on Thursday 19 January. With her late husband John, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG, Anya’s influence on
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Madison Bailey on her role as Clara in The Nutcracker Madison Bailey started her journey with the School as a Junior Associate before joining White Lodge and then graduating from Upper School in 2019. She joined The Royal Ballet on the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme and is now an Artist with the Company. This
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Dame Beryl Grey (1927-2022) The Royal Ballet School is saddened to learn that Dame Beryl Grey has died, aged 95. Born on 11 June 1927 in London and brought up in Surrey, Dame Beryl’s story began as for so many of our students at the School, from the age of four taking weekly dance classes,
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Congratulations to Principal Dancer Ricardo Castellanos Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers, so few things bring us more joy than seeing our alumni fly in their careers. We were thrilled to see that alumnus Ricardo Castellanos was recently promoted to Principal Dancer at The Norwegian National Ballet. While at The Royal Ballet
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World Ballet Day and a very special Nutcracker rehearsal Yesterday, Wednesday 2 November, we took part in the biggest-ever global celebration of dance, World Ballet Day 2022. A collaboration between The Royal Ballet and The Australian Ballet, the day showcased the very best of the art form, with behind-the-scenes rehearsals, live-streamed performances, and exclusive interviews
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A Creative Artist talk from Wayne Sleep Few people can light up a room like Wayne Sleep OBE. We were lucky enough to bear witness to his abundant and generous energy first as a student of the School, and last week, as a guest speaker for our series of Creative Artist talks. In this series,
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Alumni perform at charity gala at Athelhampton House Stars of The Royal Ballet and other companies and musicians of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House took to the stage last weekend for two gala performances in the grounds of beautiful Athelhampton House. The annual event was created by Royal Ballet First Soloist Meaghan Grace
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