The Royal Ballet School’s Academic & Pastoral Principal appointed to the BBFC’s Advisory Panel on Children’s Viewing The Royal Ballet School’s Academic & Pastoral Principal, David Gajadharsingh, has been appointed to the British Board of Film Classification’s (BBFC) Advisory Panel on Children’s Viewing (APCV). The APCV was established in 1999 and advises the BBFC […]
Reducing our carbon footprint at The Royal Ballet School The School has recently trialled several measures to reduce our carbon footprint whilst maintaining the quality of products we use. These trials have proven successful and we have taken the decision to roll out these changes across the School. We have begun using refillable soap dispensers
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UK Spring Intensive 2022 Applications are now open for our UK Spring Intensive 2022. We’ve taken a new flexible approach this year, offering a non-residential course with the option to attend for one day or multiple days. The Intensive will take place at Upper School between 4-8 April for students aged 12-15 years, taught by
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Primary Steps programme expands in Blackpool Blackpool is home to one of our Primary Steps centres and this year, even though COVID restrictions have had an impact on our classes, there have been several exciting new developments for our Blackpool students. New primary school partner Boundary Primary School is the newest addition to our group
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Exciting changes to our audition process After a review of our auditions process, applications are opening and closing earlier than in previous years. Applications will open on 7 September 2021 and close on 20 October 2021 for all UK and international aspiring students. This applies to our full-time training programme and Mid, Advanced and Senior
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New Senior Associate Short Course in Leeds We are delighted to announce a new Senior Associate Short Course based at Yorkshire Dance, the School’s existing Associate Centre in Leeds. Starting in October 2021, the programme will offer selected students in Years 10 and 11 the opportunity to participate in a series of six Sunday classes
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Former Royal Ballet School Assistant Artistic Director Awarded Honorary OBE We were recently delighted to hear that our former Assistant Artistic Director, Jay Jolley, was awarded an honorary OBE for his services to dance. Jay worked at the School for 24 years before retiring in 2019. He began working at the School in 1996 as
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Agnes Roboz 1926 – 2021 We were recently saddened to hear of the death of Hungarian choreographer and dance teacher, Agnes Roboz. Roboz taught summer programmes at The Royal Ballet School and was integral to the expansion of our Associate programmes to include the teaching of national dances. Her character work was also incorporated by
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Royal Ballet School students return to the School Last week the School re-opened and we returned to face-to-face teaching as many of our students nationally and internationally made their way back to the School’s residences. We are hopeful this year will bring less disruption to our students’ learning and more performance opportunities, which were sadly
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Royal Ballet School returns to being a virtual school during lockdown The Spring Term started with The Royal Ballet School returning to virtual schooling, with Artistic and Academic classes and Healthcare and Pastoral support all moving online. The process of moving back to online learning was quick and seamless for the School due to the
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