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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Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer 2020 On Friday 11 December, Year 10 and 11 students presented eight choreographic creations as part of the Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer programme. The students not only created the pieces, but also cast their ballets, timetabled their rehearsals and had input into the costumes and lighting. This allowed the students to gain a real insight
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Our Virtual Carol Service 2020 Each December, The Royal Ballet School would normally welcome students’ parents and friends to Christ Church in Sheen for our annual Carol Service. This year however, our first virtual Carol Service was streamed straight to peoples’ homes. The School was fortunate enough to be able to take both Year 7
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Students perform in The Nutcracker alongside The Royal Ballet Our students were only able to perform with The Royal Ballet in a few of their performances of The Nutcracker this year due to tier changes in London. However, our students worked very hard in rehearsals and did experience some of the magic of being on stage at
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Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2020 Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. On Thursday 26 November, 2nd Year students performed solos for Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Carlos Acosta, Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare and former Royal Ballet Principal dancer, Zenaida Yanowsky. The event was
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Diploma of Dance Teaching graduation 2020 The Diploma of Dance Teaching 2018-2020 graduation was held virtually on Saturday 24 October. Streamed from Upper School in Covent Garden, Mark Annear, Head of Training & Access, and Karen Berry, Teacher Training Manager, were joined by guest speakers Linda Jasper and Peter Lovatt. Christopher Powney ‘presented’ the 2018-2020
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World premiere of new dance work by Didy Veldman A Screen Apart, a new dance work by choreographer Didy Veldman featuring dancers from The Royal Ballet School and five other international ballet schools, has premiered as part of the inaugural World Ballet School Day. The piece explores the theme of physical restriction, and is now
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Virtual prize-giving assemblies 2020 On Monday 6 July, virtual prize-giving assemblies were held for White Lodge and Upper School students, celebrating their artistic and academic achievements during the 2019-20 academic year. In the White Lodge ceremony: Tom Hazelby was presented with The April Olrich Award, kindly supported by Nigel Pegram Lydia Hough was awarded the
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Virtual Graduation 2020 This year was The Royal Ballet School’s first ever virtual Graduation and although the new presentation would not ordinarily have been wished for, it was uniquely special and a moment in time that will be remembered and entered into the School’s archives. Despite the fact that the graduation took place online, this
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