On Thursday 11th February 2016 our 2nd Year students at the Upper School in Covent Garden competed for the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Awards. Seven students were shortlisted to show their choreography, collaborating with fellow dancers to direct and stage the work. Each piece was then performed to an audience, including the judging panel: David Bintley, […]
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On 30 November at the Upper School in Covent Garden, our first years were joined by the Maxwell String Quartet, playing Prokofiev Quartet No. 2 Op. 92, to perform pieces they had choreographed as an ensemble. Students have been developing the scratch performances over the past four weeks in small groups, composing the work together using
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On Thursday 10 December, the annual Kenneth MacMillan Senior Choreographic Award took place in the Margot Fonteyn Studio Theatre at our White Lodge base. There were twelve performances of individual pieces of original choreography, which had been created by our Year 10 and 11 students. The award recognises creative talent and encourages students to work
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Students kicked off the festive season in full voice on Sunday at the School’s annual Christmas Carol Service, held at Christ Church in East Sheen. The White Lodge choir, made up of our younger, Richmond-based students, performed three pieces and the chamber choir sang two. The congregation, which included students, parents, staff and governors, also
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On Tuesday, our 2nd Year students participated in the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance, performing selected solos in the Linden Studio at our base in Covent Garden. The award was created by Nina Finburgh in honour of Lynn Seymour, one of The Royal Ballet’s most celebrated dramatic ballerinas. The competition was judged by Kevin O’Hare,
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Tonight some of our students will perform at the Lord Mayor’s Appeal Charity Gala at the Guildhall in London. The Royal Ballet School was one of the Lord Mayor’s chosen charities for the 2014/15 Lord Mayor’s Appeal. The Gala celebrates the culmination of the appeal and is a final chance for the charities involved to raise funds,
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Our students were broadcast to thousands of ballet fans around the world yesterday as part of live streaming from the Royal Opera House for World Ballet Day 2015. The event saw five of the world’s top ballet companies air live recording from their classes and rehearsals, including interviews with top Directors, choreographers and dancers. The Royal Ballet’s portion
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Click photos to enlarge Yesterday the School held a special prize-giving assembly to celebrate students in the 1st and 2nd Year who have achieved particularly high levels of attainment or progress during the year in either their academic or artistic work. Congratulations to all the prize-winners, listed below. The ceremony was attended by David Bain, Chairman of
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We are proud to announce that Firebird, a partnership project we ran with local schools last year, has been nominated for Outstanding Music Partnership Award, sponsored by the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation, at the Mayor of London’s London Music Awards 2015. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Roundhouse on 11 June. Firebird was an innovative music and
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Visitors were treated to an impressive display of young choreographic talent last night at our Ninette de Valois Junior Choreographic Award at White Lodge. This year a total of 31 entries from students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were shortlisted to just 14, which were performed in front of judges and audience members in
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