Developing our approach to choreographic training This year, the School’s choreographic training has been developed to create a new approach to our three annual choreographic competitions. This comes as a result of a review led by Christopher Powney, Artistic Director, and involving an independent think-tank of prominent choreographers including David Bintley, Christopher Hampson, Russell Maliphant, […]
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Graduation 2018 After a spectacular performance at the Royal Opera House and their final Grand Défilé, our 3rd Year students graduated from the School. On Sunday 8 July, parents, family and friends gathered in the Linden Studio Theatre for the graduation ceremony. Christopher Powney, Artistic Director, introduced the students and gave them some parting words of
Prize-giving assemblies 2018 Last week, students from across the School were recognised for their artistic and academic achievements at prize giving assemblies. Click here to see the full list of prize-winners. On Wednesday 4 July, Upper School students gathered in the Linden Studio to celebrate the academic and artistic achievements of their classmates; with awards ranging
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Diploma of Dance Teaching Graduation 2018 We are thrilled to announce that 14 teacher training students have graduated from our two-year Diploma of Dance Teaching today. The Diploma is a two-year, part-time course which provides a sound foundation in both technical and creative approaches to teaching ballet. Find out more about the course. The students
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Year 11 Celebration Day 2018 On Friday 22 June, we held a celebration for our Year 11 students to mark their achievements during their time at White Lodge. The day started with the students performing for their parents, family, friends and teachers including; a demonstration ballet class arranged by Belinda Hatley and Zhan Atymtayev, excerpts
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New choreography with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company On Monday 21 May, we welcomed American Ballet Theatre Studio Company to the School for our annual exchange programme. The 3rd Year Royal Ballet School students took class with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and also rehearsed for a collaborative choreographic project. This year, guest choreographer
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Ninette de Valois Choreographic Award 2018 The winner of the 2018Â Ninette de Valois Choreographic Award was Grace Donovan with her composition Cloudburst. The Award is dedicated to the memory of our Founder and is part of the School’s strong tradition of nurturing young choreographic talent. This year 12 young choreographers, aged 11-14, were selected from
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Spring Concert 2018 On Sunday we welcomed friends and family to watch students perform drama and music in our Spring Concert. The event is a chance for the students to show their talents beyond the ballet studio; playing musical instruments, singing, performing monologues and acting out pieces of theatre. Year 7s opened the show with
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Choreography Project at the Prix Two of our 3rd Year students, Harrison Lee and Katharina Nikelski, were invited this month to take part in a unique choreography experience at the Prix de Lausanne. This one-of-a-kind collaboration, called the Choreography Project, was choreographed by Goyo Montero and involved 50 young dancers from schools across the world dancing together.
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Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award 2018 Congratulations to Kele Roberson and Damen Axtens, winners of this year’s Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award 2018 with their piece Introspection. Introspection, set to music composed and arranged by violinist Anna Phoebe, asks the question ‘can you, if only for a second, allow your mind to be quiet?’ On Tuesday 30 January
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