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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Royal Ballet School students perform at the Winter Youth Olympics On Thursday 9 January 2020, 14 2nd Year students had the incredible experience of performing in the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. The students performed a short section from Didy Veldman’s piece Is to Be that she created for
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Alumni David Bintley and Kate Flatt receive Knighthood and OBE We are proud to announce David Bintley and Kate Flatt have both received recognition for their commitments to dance in Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honours List. David Bintley CBE David Bintley received a Knighthood from The Queen for services to dance. David
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Farewell to our Chairman It is with a heavy heart that we say farewell to our Chairman, the Duchess of Wellington after a remarkable and successful 10 years of leading the governing body at The Royal Ballet School. On Tuesday 10 December, the whole school assembled at White Lodge to celebrate the Chairman’s incredible work
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Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer 2019 On Thursday 12 December, Year 10 and 11 students presented their choreographic creations as part of the Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer programme. The performances were the culmination of several months’ of preparation for the nine shortlisted choreographers. After the performance, a panel of experts including Ashley Page, Andrew McNicol, Emma
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Students celebrate alumna Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Three of our Australian students were invited to celebrate the achievements of Royal Ballet School alumna and former Royal Ballet Principal dancer Leanne Benjamin AM OBE this week at the Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Recital evening. The students, Mason, Meg, and Ruby, are all supported by the Tait
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Auditions across the USA The Royal Ballet School is excited to announce that it is expanding its audition opportunities with four auditions in the USA in January 2020. We will be hosting our first ever auditions in Kansas, Los Angeles, New York City, as well as returning to Chicago. We want aspiring young dancers, whose
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Christopher Rodrigues CBE is appointed Chairman of The Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School has appointed esteemed businessman Christopher Rodrigues CBE to be its new Chairman from January 2020. The current Chairman, The Duchess of Wellington OBE will step down in the New Year after ten years in post. Christopher Rodrigues has enjoyed a
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Ballet training: how much is enough? A thinkpiece by Mark Annear, Head of Training & Access at The Royal Ballet School For as long as I have been involved in auditioning students for vocational training I have been asked: ‘how much should my child be doing before an audition?’ My answer is usually ‘no more
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