Dance Track 2022 On Sunday 8 May, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Dance Track marked its 25th anniversary with a special celebratory performance at the Birmingham Rep. It was a wonderful commemoration of the work of Dance Track and we were delighted to have several of our students and our Artistic Director, Christopher Powney, involved in the […]
Mental Health Awareness Week – an interview with Terry Hyde This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual week-long celebration to raise awareness of mental health issues and how we can achieve and maintain good mental health. This year’s theme is loneliness, with each of us encouraged to think about the impact loneliness can
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Our students’ artwork exhibited at the Royal College of Art On Tuesday 26 April eight of our students visited the Royal College of Art where their artwork was being displayed as part of the Young Art Exhibition. Teachers and families were also able to attend the event and celebrate the students’ works. A charitable cause
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Niall MacSweeney speaks on SciDance podcast One of our strength and conditioning coaches, Niall MacSweeney, recently spoke on the SciDance podcast, available to listen to from today. SciDance is an evidence-based podcast hosted by Jasmine Cook, covering dance science discussions and the latest research with global industry leaders. Niall discussed with Jasmine the process of
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Spring Intensive 2022: your responses Our Spring Intensive took place this year from 4-8 April. For the second year in a row, we held classes both in-person and online, and we were delighted with their successful running. 143 students attended our in-person Intensive at Upper School, with our new non-residential set-up in place. This offered
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Lucas Lima on his experience at The Norwegian National Ballet Lucas Lima, originally from Brazil, graduated from the School in 2009. In the autumn of 2021, we were delighted to hear that he had been promoted to Principal at The Norwegian National Ballet, where he has been dancing since he graduated from the School. We
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17 National Dance Award nominations for our alumni Yesterday the National Dance Awards announced its short-listed nominees. We were thrilled to see the dancing and choreographic talents of so many of our alumni recognised; over 10% of this year’s nominees are alumni of the School. We were delighted that both of our parent companies, The
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Students to perform in Unite for Ukraine We are so proud to confirm that some of our students will be taking part in Unite for Ukraine, a special gala performance to raise awareness and funds to support those who have been affected by the devastating ongoing war in Ukraine. The event will take place on
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Appreciating the work of our volunteers We’re very fortunate to have a range of volunteers who generously dedicate their time to help support the School. As an educational institution and part of the Government’s Music and Dance Scheme, the School receives funding from the Department for Education, but also relies on the generosity of individual supporters to
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Yaoqian Shang promoted to Principal at Birmingham Royal Ballet We are thrilled to offer our warmest congratulations to alumna Yaoqian Shang who has been promoted to Principal at Birmingham Royal Ballet. Yaoqian trained at both Beijing Dance Academy and The Royal Ballet School before joining Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2013. She was promoted to Soloist
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