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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New: Insight Days coming to Belfast and Dundee The Royal Ballet School is coming to Northern Ireland and Scotland this autumn with four events aimed at giving young dancers an insight into our world-renowned training. We’re inviting students aged 7 to 17, their parents and dance teachers to attend one of two Insight Days in
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The Royal Ballet School expands its search for talent Audition opportunities and competitions 2018/19 The Royal Ballet School is excited to announce that it is expanding its audition opportunities in 2018/19 at a series of intensive courses and auditions around the world. The School will also continue to recruit students at selected competitions that align
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White Lodge scaffolding for essential repairs Regular walkers in Richmond Park may have noticed White Lodge is gradually disappearing behind a cloak of scaffolding. We are working with Heritage England and London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to carefully pair the stonework, windows and roof on the central King’s Building, constructed in 1730. The work
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Samira Saidi joins The Royal Ballet School in new post Renowned ballet educator and manager Samira Saidi will join the School on Thursday this week as Head of Intensive Courses and International Relations. In this newly-created role, Samira will lead on developing our intensive courses and will form an integral part of our continued drive
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Nadia Nerina Scholar announced We are delighted to announce that the 2017-20 recipient of The Royal Ballet School Nadia Nerina Scholarship is Amir Shah. Amir, who is from Mumbai, India, joined the 1st Year (Upper School) at the start of this academic year. Not only is Amir the first Indian student to be awarded the
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