A Creative Artist talk from Leanne Benjamin We were delighted to have Leanne Benjamin deliver a Creative Artist talk on Tuesday 22 February. Leanne was interviewed by two of our students before a captivated audience of students and staff at Upper School. Leanne Benjamin joined The Royal Ballet School at 16, winning both the Adeline […]
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Lynne Wake delivers a Creative Artist talk We were delighted to have Lynne Wake deliver our latest Creative Artist talk over Zoom to staff and students at Upper School. Lynne is a former student of The Royal Ballet School and danced with the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet (now Birmingham Royal Ballet) for eight years before
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Jerome Anthony Barnes returns to The Royal Ballet School for a Creative Artist talk We were thrilled to welcome back alumnus Jerome Anthony Barnes to Upper School on Thursday 11 November, for our latest Creative Artist talk. Jerome was interviewed by 2nd Year students Alexandra Manuel and Caspar Lench in front of an excited audience
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Creative Artist talk from Arabella Dorman On Thursday 23 January 2020 award-winning war artist Arabella Dorman visited Upper School to deliver an incredible presentation as part of the Creative Artist Programme. For the past decade, Arabella has been working in Iraq and Afghanistan and more recently with refugees in Lesbos, Calais and Dunkirk. In her
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Actor Eddie Redmayne visits the School Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne visited Upper School recently to talk to students about his career as part of our Creative Artist programme. Students Liam Boswell and Brigid Walker interviewed him in front of an audience of students and staff. Eddie explained how he got into acting through his love
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Inspiring speakers on our Creative Artist Programme This term, our students heard from lighting designer Yaron Abulafia, alumna Felicity White and former editor-in-chief of British Vogue Alexandra Shulman CBE as part of the School’s Creative Artist Programme. The programme allows our students to experience creative lectures and workshops, with a roster of internationally renowned creative,
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The Creative Artist Programme – Theatre Alive! at The Royal Ballet School On Friday 24 February, Theatre Alive! presented their production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Linden Studio of our Upper School. This was part of The Creative Artist Programme, an exclusive programme of creative lectures and workshops, with a roster of internationally renowned creative, cultural and
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Creative Artist – Vicky Featherstone Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, Vicky Featherstone visited our Upper School students to give an insight into her career working as a director in television, setting up the National Theatre of Scotland and as Artistic Director of London’s leading new writing theatre. She was interviewed by the students
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On Monday 16 May, Sir Matthew Bourne, creator of the dance company New Adventures came to give a talk to the students about his experience of entering contemporary dance, choreography and his current work as Director of New Adventures. He was joined by Glenn Graham and Royal Ballet School alumna, Katrina Lyndon, both company members at New Adventures.
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On Thursday 12 May, children’s author, Michael Morpurgo visited the students at White Lodge and gave an enthralling talk to the whole school. He read an extract from his book, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tibs and told the story of how he became a writer. “I wanted to come to this school because I wanted to see
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