The Royal Ballet School’s Summer Intensive 2023 Over the past five weeks, from 17 July to 18 August, the School has welcomed aspiring young dancers from all over the world to our White Lodge and Upper School studios for this year’s Summer Intensive. Our Summer Intensive aims to introduce dancers to The Royal Ballet School’s […]
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Fostering a love for ballet and movement– Primary Steps on Demand for home educators Part of our mission at The Royal Ballet School is to raise awareness of the benefits of dance and create opportunities for young people to engage with ballet and access high-quality creative dance education. Our accessible Primary Steps on Demand programme
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A year of Primary Steps on Demand Making ballet accessible to all is one of our core missions here at the School. We launched Primary Steps on Demand last year to widen our outreach to primary schools across the globe and strive to give every student the opportunity to experience ballet. We were excited to
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Staff and students march in London’s Pride Parade 2023 Our staff and students were beaming with pride as we marched together at London’s 2023 Pride Parade. This was an incredible experience for all who took part, and it was a privilege to be involved in such an important event. The UK’s biggest Pride event Pride
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A ‘pawsome’ visit from Dame Darcey Bussell DBE and Darcey the Guide Dog Yesterday was a memorable day for our White Lodge students as they welcomed not only one but two well-known Darceys into the School for a special visit! Renowned ballerina and alumna of the School Dame Darcey Bussell DBE visited White Lodge to
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Embracing individuality – Pride Month 2023 Each June we mark Pride Month – a month to celebrate LGBTQ+ history and culture. At the School, we strive to create a diverse and accepting atmosphere where all students and staff can be their authentic selves. We’ve been speaking to Donna Balsdon, our Assistant Housemistress of Aud Jebsen
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Primary Steps Graduation 2023 We held this year’s Primary Steps Graduation at Upper School on Saturday, 27 May. Level 3 students from all our Primary Steps centres came together for the celebration and performed to an enthusiastic audience of family and friends. Primary Steps The Primary Steps Programme offers creative ballet education to children in
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Spring Intensives 2023 We held our annual Spring Intensives this April in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. We are always delighted to have so many young dancers from around the world attend these courses. Several exciting guest teachers taught classes this year along with our Artistic staff. Through cross-group teaching, students learned from multiple teachers,
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An environmental legacy — celebrating a new woodland for The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative As part of The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative, The Royal Parks charity created a new woodland, beginning with the planting of 70 trees in Richmond Park, to celebrate the 70 years of The Queen’s reign and mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.
Spirit of the Ballet at Dorich House Museum Staff and students at White Lodge may have noticed that several familiar bronze heads and statues have disappeared from their usual pedestals around the building. That’s because they have been loaned to our nearby neighbour, Dorich House Museum for a special exhibition trail entitled Spirit of the
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