Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2021 Our warmest congratulations to the winners of the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2021, which took place on Friday 26 November. Thank you to all the students who took part for sharing your chosen pieces and for your hard work in preparing them. Each year, 2nd Year […]
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2nd Year students at The Royal Ballet School take to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall We are thrilled to say our 2nd Year students will be performing alongside dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday 10 November. The students will be taking part in The Beauty of Ballet,
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Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer 2021 Last week four of our Pre-professional Year showcased their own choreography in our annual Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer performance. Normally, our 2nd Year students choreograph pieces in workshops with our Choreographic Course Coordinator & Tutor, Mikaela Polley and perform them to an audience of family, friends and supporters. Due to
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Celebrating our 2021 Summer Performances Sponsored by Imagination Our annual Summer Performances came to an end on 10 July after a run of performances over three weeks at four venues: the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House, the Margot Fonteyn Theatre at White Lodge, the Linden Studio Theatre at Upper School and, for
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Prize-giving assemblies 2021 In the final weeks of term, students at both Upper School and White Lodge were recognised for their artistic and academic achievements. On Wednesday 7 July, there were some special prizes and scholarships awarded at White Lodge: Ravi Cannonier-Watson was presented with The Frank Freeman Summer Scholarship. This is kindly given
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Graduation 2021 After an exceptional and challenging year, our 3rd Year students gave an incredible performance at the Royal Opera House, including their final Grand Défilé. They returned to the School in the afternoon for their graduation ceremony. A small number of family, staff and supporters gathered in the Linden Studio Theatre whilst those
3rd Year students in Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations 32 Summer Performances from The Royal Ballet School We were delighted to see our students return to the stage yesterday for our annual Summer Performances after a year absent from the stage. This year, our Summer Performances are taking place at White Lodge, Upper School and the
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Upper School students perform early ‘lost’ work by Ninette de Valois Five 3rd Year students have performed an early experimental work by our founder Dame Ninette de Valois for the first time since it was last seen in 1932. The Arts of the Theatre (1925) celebrates the stage arts, with five female roles portraying Music,
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Royal Ballet School students share their experiences of 2020’s Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer programme Last December, our Year 10 and 11 students presented eight new dance works as part of the Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer programme. The students worked on every aspect of these pieces, from developing the choreography to choosing their own costumes and
Royal Ballet School students recreate Ninette de Valois’ ‘lost’ choreography Today marks International Women’s Day as well as the 20th anniversary of our founder Ninette de Valois’s death. To celebrate today and to honour de Valois, we are delighted to announce a rare performance of The Arts of the Theatre; an early experimental piece of
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