Our annual Open Day and Summer Fair will take place at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on Saturday 13 June. We are pleased to announce that this year the event will be opened by alumna of the School and Royal Ballet Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson. We hope you can join us there.
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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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Click photos to enlarge On Thursday and Friday evening last week we showcased two key strands of our work, the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award and aDvANCE. These innovative projects provide opportunities for Royal Ballet School students to explore their creativity and develop skills creating original work. Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award This year nine 2nd
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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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On Saturday 10 January, four lucky pupils from the primarySTEPS programme in Dagenham were invited to The City of London Lord Mayor’s Annual Childrens Christmas Party. On arrival at Manor House, each of the 300 Children invited to the party, were received by the Lord Mayor and Mayoress before enjoying some entertainment in the Egyptian Hall.
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In October 2013 the Royal Ballet School first year students began a collaborative project with students from The Brit School. In keeping with the aims of aDvANCE, this project enabled students of The Royal Ballet Upper School and The BRIT School to share skills and learn from the differences in their respective dance training. Both institutions
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We are delighted to invite secondary schools, colleges and youth groups to apply to work on a project with The Royal Ballet School. This innovative dance project is designed to link A Level and BTEC dance students and selected London Secondary Schools with young dancers of a similar age at The Royal Ballet School. The projects are creative collaborations for a group of pupils who
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Alongside their weekly dance classes, we have planned a number of enrichment activities for primarySTEPS students next term. Junior Associates Level 1 children and their parents or guardians visited Junior Associate centres in Leeds, Manchester and London to watch and join in with classes. They learnt more about The Royal Ballet School and were inspired
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This weekend our Year 10s will dance with pupils from Feltham Community College and Richmond Park Academy in Firebird, an original piece of choreography set to Stravinsky’s ballet score, performed by young musicians from Hounslow Music Service and Richmond Music Trust. The performances, which take place at White Lodge on Friday and Sunday, are the culmination of an innovative music
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