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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Today we announce a pioneering new partnership with Dancers’ Career Development to make the subject of career transition a formal part of our full-time students’ curriculum. Dancers’ Career Development will work with students in the final three years of study at The Royal Ballet School (ages 16 to 19). They will be given an Introduction to Transition in Year One and
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Gailene Stock CBE AM, much admired Director of The Royal Ballet School, died on Tuesday 29 April peacefully at home after a courageous fight against cancer. Most beloved wife of Gary and devoted mother of Lisa. An exceptional dancer and teacher, loved by so many and an inspiration to even more. The family will be holding
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Here is a collection of some of the wonderful tributes and comments that have come in for Gailene via social media over the past couple of days. [View the story “Gailene Stock CBE AM 1946-2014” on Storify]
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We are sad to announce that our Director, Gailene Stock CBE AM, passed away peacefully today after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Gailene trained initially in Australia and then at The Royal Ballet Upper School as a result of a scholarship awarded by the Royal Academy of Dance. She danced as
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We are very sad to announce the death of April Olrich Pegram, a long-time supporter of the School, who passed away last week after a long illness. Born in Zanzibar in 1931, April trained as a ballerina first in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Teatro Colon under Michel Borovsky. She then joined Colonel Vassili de
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