Insight into Raymonda Act III Upper School students have been working on Raymonda Act III, which they will be performing in this year’s Summer Performances at Opera Holland Park and the Royal Opera House. Our Upper School Artistic staff, Zhan Atymtayev, Justine Berry, Ricardo Cervera, Jessica Clarke, Daria Klimentová, Nicola Tranah and Zenaida Yanowsky, have […]
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Insight into Neumeier’s Yondering Since the beginning of the year, students have been preparing for their upcoming Summer Performances in July at Opera Holland Park and the Royal Opera House. Our 2nd and Pre-Professional Year students have been rehearsing John Neumeier’s Yondering. Yohan Stegli and Konstantin Tselikov from the Hamburg Ballet have been working with
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Students dance in The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate Some of our White Lodge students were involved in the creation and performance of Christopher Wheeldon’s new work for The Royal Ballet, Like Water for Chocolate. The ballet had its premiere run at the Royal Opera House from 2-17 June. It was a wonderful opportunity
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PTA Summer Fair returns to White Lodge We were delighted to see the return of our annual PTA Summer Fair to White Lodge on Saturday 18 June. This was the first time we have been able to host the fair on site since 2019 and we were thrilled to welcome so many fair-goers to the
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Alumni return to White Lodge for celebration On Friday 17 June a special event was held at White Lodge for alumni of The Royal Ballet School. We were delighted to welcome back 165 of our former students, all of whom attended the School before 1980. The event was hosted by our Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE.
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In conversation with Denzil Bailey Denzil Bailey joined The Royal Ballet School Artistic Team in September 2021 as Resident Guest Teacher. He spoke to us about how he started out in dance, his training and his exciting career so far as a dancer and teacher. What are your first memories of dancing? My first memory
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Alumnus Christopher Wheeldon wins Tony Award for Best Choreography Congratulations to alumnus Christopher Wheeldon, who has won a Tony Award for Best Choreography for the musical MJ. Christopher trained at White Lodge and Upper School and was awarded the Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer Award in 1990. He joined The Royal Ballet in 1991. In 1993,
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Alumni winners at National Dance Awards 2022 Many congratulations to those of our alumni who took home awards at yesterday’s 2022 National Dance Awards. The awards were given in recognition of exceptional performances held from January to December 2021. The award ceremony was held at the Barbican and hosted by Begoñia Cao, former Principal with
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Jubilee celebrations Over the past few weeks, our students and staff have been celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with students taking part in various exciting activities at the School in tribute to our Patron. Artistic creations Year 10 student Azusa Tanaka worked hard producing a stunning drawing inspired by a photograph of The Queen Mother
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Our students perform at Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert 30 of our students performed at the BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace on Saturday 4 June as part of this years Jubilee celebrations. As one of The Queen’s charities, we were thrilled to have our students join the performance to commemorate her 70
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