School alumnus and teacher and former Royal Ballet Principal David Drew MBE has died at the age of 77 after a long illness. After graduating from The Royal Ballet School in 1955, David joined The Royal Ballet company, being promoted first to Soloist (1962) then Principal (1974), then Principal Character Artist (1989). His career with the […]
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The Royal Ballet School is this week launching an exclusive programme of creative lectures and workshops with a roster of internationally renowned creative, cultural and commercial figures. The new programme, called The Creative Artist, is aimed at providing additional influences that will support a more rounded education for students, so the School can continue to produce
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Congratulations to the following primarySTEPS children who have successfully auditioned for places on The Royal Ballet School’s Junior Associate Programme, which they will begin in September 2015: Amina Secka and Taliyah Frimpong: from Dagenham Joseph McGregor: from Blackpool Amber Heatrick and Jack Cook: from Bury St Edmunds Congratulations also to Samuel Ratford from Dagenham and
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We regret to announce that, due to recent changes to our government funding, White Lodge Museum will be closed to the public for the foreseeable future. The Royal Ballet School Collections will remain accessible through the Archives Hub network and a new online timeline. Despite the closure, The Royal Ballet School Collections will remain
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We are pleased to announce a prestigious line-up of guest teachers at this year’s International Summer School: Follow the links for biog information White Lodge: Theo Dantes – Spanish dance teacher Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp OBE – Creative dance teacher Glenn Wilkinson – Contemporary dance teacher Covent Garden: Amanda Britton – Contemporary dance teacher Viviana Durante – Ballet
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We are deeply saddened to announce that Jocelyn Mather, former Principal of our Junior Associate programme, died last week after a short illness. Jocelyn was a highly respected member of the dance community and an instrumental member of The Royal Ballet School’s staff. As well as assisting the School’s Ballet Principal Barbara Fewster throughout the
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This January we welcomed the new Level 1 children to the after school classes in all five centres. Equal numbers of boys and girls took up the offer to join regular primarySTEPS dance classes in their area; they have settled in quickly and are already making great progress. Find out more about our work with
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We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2014 Nadia Nerina Scholarship is the School’s first ever South Korean student, 16-year-old Joonhyuk Jun, marking the fifth year of this scholarship. The Nadia Nerina Scholarship, a gift in perpetuity to The Royal Ballet School from The Philip Loubser Foundation, is designed to support exceptionally
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We are very sorry to announce that Mrs Sue Roberts, long-serving and much-loved houseparent at White Lodge, has sadly lost her long and brave battle against cancer. Sue, and her husband, Greg, returned to Australia this summer after 10 years at the School. Their daughters Jenna and Callie were both students at Upper School and
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Today we have announced three new artistic staff will be joining us to teach at the School from September 2014. Carol-Anne Millar has been appointed as our new girls’ Artistic Teacher at White Lodge. Carol-Anne was a student of The Royal Ballet School both at White Lodge and the Upper School, going on to spend the
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