What we’ve learned in one year of ATAP Our Affiliate Training and Assessment Programme (ATAP) teaches recreational dance teachers to provide learning that is process driven and relevant to the child, where both teachers and students value and enjoy dance education and training. Ahead of applications opening for the next cohort of teachers to join […]
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The Royal Ballet School’s partnership with Kinoshita Group The Royal Ballet School is delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration with Kinoshita Group as Principal Corporate Sponsors of The Royal Ballet School, alongside the continuation of their generous student sponsorship of our Japanese dancers. This will see the Group join our longstanding corporate partners, Imagination,
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What’s it like to take a contemporary class with The Royal Ballet School? An interview with Didy Veldman Every classically trained dancer needs to have a great comprehension and appreciation of contemporary movement, to understand the importance of being grounded and stable in order to feel release and expansion. It’s an exciting part of our
Christopher Powney in conversation with Prix de Lausanne winners Ahead of this month’s prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition, member of the jury and The Royal Ballet School Artistic Director & CEO, Christopher Powney, talked with two of the previous prize winners, alumnus Harrison Lee and Ashley Coupal for The London Ballet Circle. The Prix de
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Student diary — 10 days at the Prix de Lausanne Created in 1973, the Prix de Lausanne is an international ballet competition for young dancers aged 15 to 18 with the goal of discovering, promoting and supporting the finest talents around the world. We’re proud to have been a partner of the Prix de Lausanne
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Our students work on stagecraft with Stephen Wicks We’re lucky to have some wonderful guest répétiteurs helping to prepare our students for the stage. Last week, 1st Year students were thrilled to work on stagecraft with beloved alumnus and Sadler’s Wells and The Royal Ballet dancer of 18 years, Stephen Wicks. Stephen helped the students
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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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A Creative Artist Talk with Dame Monica Mason Certainly within the walls of the School, our latest Creative Artist Speaker needed no introduction. Dame Monica Mason was a student, then The Royal Ballet’s youngest dancer, then Principal Dancer, then Director of the Company until her retirement in 2012. Still very connected to the School and
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A chat with author and alumna, Lucy Ashe At the School, one of our most fundamental values is to ensure all individuals have what they need to reach their potential and feel empowered to shape their futures as healthy, resilient human beings. That’s why we’re always so incredibly happy to hear when our alumni are flourishing.
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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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