New healthcare film launched We are proud to launch a new film celebrating our state-of-the-art Healthy Dancer Programme. We believe investment in the long-term healthcare of our students is crucial, and the film shows what our incredible on-site team does to keep our students in the best physical and mental condition possible. As well as […]
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Ballet Teacher Anita Young awarded MBE We are proud to report that Ballet Teacher Anita Young received her MBE medal in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace yesterday. The MBE is for services to classical ballet and dance education. Anita was presented the medal by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne in the presence of her husband,
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HRH The Prince of Wales attends School performance HRH The Prince of Wales, President of The Royal Ballet School, The Royal Ballet, and Patron of the Royal Opera House, attended a special world premiere of the ballet The Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal Opera House in February. The evening was in honour of The
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The Royal Ballet’s Ricardo Cervera to join teaching staff We are excited to announce that Ricardo Cervera, a Ballet Master of The Royal Ballet, will join our teaching staff in the new academic year. In his new role at The Royal Ballet School, Cervera will teach Upper School men classical ballet, pas de deux, and
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Carlos Acosta CBE announced as new Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Former Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Carlos Acosta CBE has today been appointed as new Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. He will take up the position in January 2020. The news comes after the Company’s current Director David Bintley CBE announced earlier last year that
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New Associate centre to open in Scotland The Royal Ballet School will soon be opening a new Associate centre in Scotland. The new centre in Dundee will open in September 2019 and all students who apply will be offered an audition. The Junior Associate classes, held at Dundee and Angus College, will be for young
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Inspiring speakers on our Creative Artist Programme This term, our students heard from lighting designer Yaron Abulafia, alumna Felicity White and former editor-in-chief of British Vogue Alexandra Shulman CBE as part of the School’s Creative Artist Programme. The programme allows our students to experience creative lectures and workshops, with a roster of internationally renowned creative,
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Developing our approach to choreographic training This year, the School’s choreographic training has been developed to create a new approach to our three annual choreographic competitions. This comes as a result of a review led by Christopher Powney, Artistic Director, and involving an independent think-tank of prominent choreographers including David Bintley, Christopher Hampson, Russell Maliphant,
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Robert Helpmann book launch On Wednesday 17 October, The Royal Ballet School hosted the book launch of a new Dance Books publication, Robert Helpmann: the Many Faces of a Theatrical Dynamo, edited by Richard Allen Cave and Anna Meadmore. Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) was a multi-talented Australian dancer, actor, choreographer and director of ballets, operas, dramas,
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Inspire to be: an inspiring new teachers’ CPD series Teachers will soon have access to a brand new series of CPD days run by The Royal Ballet School as part of our Inspire programme. Inspire to be follows on from our popular Inspire seminars, and offers teachers the chance to observe a ballet class in action while
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