From cardiff to bath: the journey from primary steps to junior associate

From Cardiff to Bath: the journey from Primary Steps to Junior Associate

From Cardiff to Bath: the journey from Primary Steps to Junior Associate This time last year, The Royal Ballet School launched a partnership with Rubicon Dance, bringing the Primary Steps programme to six new schools in Wales. Since the programme launched in Wales, 287 students have had a positive introduction to ballet and initial creative […]

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Changes to the school’s associate programme

Changes to the School’s Associate Programme

Changes to the School’s Associate Programme As part of The Royal Ballet School’s commitment to widening access to classical ballet, the School will establish a new Associate centre in Edinburgh at the end of the 2023/24 academic year. The Dundee Associate centre will relocate to Edinburgh, supporting our ambition to grow the Associate Programme. The

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For young dancers with a special love of ballet — we speak with our junior associate teachers

For young dancers with a special love of ballet — We speak with our Junior Associate teachers

For young dancers with a special love of ballet — We speak with our Junior Associate teachers Based in nine centres across the UK, the Junior Associate Programme complements the students’ current training, while introducing them to the one-of-a-kind teaching offered at the School, alongside other children who have a special love for ballet. We

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Just wrapped — the first junior associate insight class

Just wrapped — the first Junior Associate Insight Class

Just wrapped — the first Junior Associate Insight Class Your young ballet dancer can apply to become a Junior Associate on 21 February. Our Junior Associate Programme is for students aged 8 to 10 who want to explore their passion and potential in pre-vocational classical ballet training. Based in nine centres across the UK, the course

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Junior associates in crystal pite's light of passage

Junior Associates in Crystal Pite’s Light of Passage

Junior Associates in Crystal Pite’s Light of Passage Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite has been praised by The New York Times as ‘one of the most talented and intriguing choreographers working today’. In 2017, she created the stunning Olivier Award–winning one-act contemporary ballet piece, Flight Pattern, a moving exploration of the refugee crisis. Now, she has

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Dancers in leeds can now access the full senior associate programme

Dancers in Leeds can now access the full Senior Associate Programme

Dancers in Leeds can now access the full Senior Associate Programme We’re thrilled to be able to expand our world-class training in the unofficial capital of Yorkshire. For the past two years, we’ve been running short courses in Leeds that spanned six three-hour sessions over the school term. These comprehensive sessions extended and complemented the

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Junior associates performing a scene from the nutcracker

Royal Ballet School Junior Associates’ Nutcracker workshop

Royal Ballet School Junior Associates’ Nutcracker workshop On 26 October, our Associate team hosted a workshop around The Nutcracker for our Junior Associates. 140 Junior Associates travelled from across the country to the Upper School in Covent Garden. In the morning our Junior Associates were treated to a demonstration of The Nutcracker by four members

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