Students gather at Upper School to celebrate David Bintley’s career On Monday 24 June, we welcomed David Bintley CBE to the Upper School for a special farewell from students and staff as he steps down as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. Students from White Lodge and Upper School performed their own choreography as well as […]
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Famous statue of Dame Margot Fonteyn at White Lodge is restored to former glory To celebrate the centenary of her birth, Maurice Lambert’s statue of Margot Fonteyn at White Lodge has been restored by specialists Hammond & Hammond. Hammond & Hammond carefully restored Margot’s bodice, tutu, eyelashes and the plinth which she stands on. The
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Out of step: the need for change in ballet teacher training A thinkpiece by Karen Berry, Teacher Training Manager at The Royal Ballet School ‘If Ballet is to survive as an art form, we need more truth seekers and less tight washers’ – Darryl Jaffray (Director of Education and Access, Royal Opera House, 1987–2006),
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Actor Eddie Redmayne visits the School Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne visited Upper School recently to talk to students about his career as part of our Creative Artist programme. Students Liam Boswell and Brigid Walker interviewed him in front of an audience of students and staff. Eddie explained how he got into acting through his love
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Your gift, their future: our new legacy film Today we are proud to release a new film asking ‘could you consider The Royal Ballet School in your will?’ Almost 90% of our students rely on financial support to attend the School. By leaving a gift in your will to The Royal Ballet School, you can
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Art and science meet in choreographic project On Friday 15 March 2019, 1st Year students showed an audience of guests their work from a recent choreographic project. Students had been working in duets and trios with Choreographic Course Coordinator Kate Flatt, Improvisation Tutor Elisabetta d’Aloia and Violinist Anna Phoebe. Anna Phoebe provided students with music
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The Nutcracker: one month on For many of our students, The Nutcracker is the first time they dance on the Royal Opera House stage. Each year, students from White Lodge and Upper School have the opportunity to perform alongside The Royal Ballet. This year there were 19 performances, as well as a live streaming of one
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Mindfulness Week 2019 This week, our students and staff have been taking part in the School’s second Mindfulness Week. The aim of the week is to encourage all students and staff to develop mindful ways of self-care and to explore the link between positive well-being and resilience. Students at White Lodge and Upper School enjoyed
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Festive art at White Lodge Congratulations to Ellyne Knol (Year 10), who has won the White Lodge Christmas e-card competition with her festive painting of White Lodge in the snow, pictured above. The runner up was this merry and bright painting by Harriet Gibson (Year 9): The following artworks were also shortlisted: Blake Smith (Year
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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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