We are proud to report that five of our students will join The Royal Ballet in September as part of the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme 2017/18. The programme provides young graduate dancers with a year’s contract to work alongside the corps de ballet of The Royal Ballet. In addition the dancers are given mentoring and coaching […]

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Apr 28 2017

Students coached by ballet greats ahead of Assemblee Internationale 2017

Performances and events, School life

We were honoured this week to welcome Dame Merle Park and Sir Anthony Dowell to the school to coach some of our students in the pas de quatre from Frederick Ashton’s production of Swan Lake. This weekend six students will travel to Toronto, Canada, to take part in the Assemblée Internationale, an international dance festival

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Mar 27 2017

The Royal Ballet School Open Day and Summer Fair 2017

Community and outreach, School life

The Royal Ballet School Open Day and Summer Fair 2017 This year, our annual Open Day and Summer Fair will take place on Saturday 17 June and is an opportunity for ballet fans and those interested in the school to discover a little more about what we do. On the day we will be offering

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Mar 24 2017

Special Collections Livestream

Community and outreach, School life

Special Collections Livestream On Friday 24th March we held a Facebook livestream from our archive at White Lodge. Special collections Manager Anna Meadmore spoke about two secret items from our archive and answered viewers’ questions about the objects. Information about these objects and more can be found on our Ballet History Timeline.

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Mar 23 2017

The Advance Project Performance 2017

Community and outreach, Performances and events, School life

The Advance Project Performance 2017 Young people from Friern Barnet School will join students of The Royal Ballet School on stage tomorrow and Saturday in Richmond for a collaborative dance performance. The events, held in the Margot Fonteyn Theatre at White Lodge, will see the 44 students performing together in a new ballet called Are

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Mar 17 2017

The Royal Ballet School host Special Collections Livestream

Community and outreach, School life

The Royal Ballet School hosts Special Collections Livestream Do you consider yourself a ballet fanatic and would like to know more about the roots of British ballet? At 11am GMT on Friday 24 March, we’re holding a livestream from our archives at The Royal Ballet School at White Lodge. Special collections Manager, Anna Meadmore will

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Mar 2 2017

Visit from Holocaust Survivor, Joan Salter

School life

Visit from Holocaust Survivor, Joan Salter On Wednesday 1 March, our Year 10 and 11 students at White Lodge heard testimony from Holocaust survivor, Joan Salter, as part of a visit organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). She gave a talk describing her experiences as a just a young baby when war broke out and

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Feb 7 2017

The Royal Ballet School launches Ballet History Timeline

Announcements, School life

The Royal Ballet School launches Ballet History Timeline On Tuesday 7 February we launched our Ballet History Timeline, a unique and exciting online project that traces the story of the founding of a national ballet in Britain. Visit the timeline now: timeline.royalballetschool.org.uk

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Jan 6 2017

Students of The Royal Ballet School appear in BBC Two documentary, Dancing the Nutcracker

Announcements, Performances and events, School life

Students of The Royal Ballet School appear in BBC Two documentary, Dancing the Nutcracker Over the Autumn term, a secret project was brewing at The Royal Ballet School. As our students took class, attended auditions and worked hard in rehearsals, they were followed by a BBC film crew who discovered exactly what goes into staging The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera

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Dec 5 2016

Royal Ballet School Christmas Carol Service 2016

Performances and events, School life

Royal Ballet School Christmas Carol Service 2016 On Saturday 3rd December, we held our annual Christmas Carol Service at Christ Church in East Sheen. The whole School choir sang two pieces and the year 7, 8 and 9 choir performed another two. There were a number of readings as well as many traditional congregational carols.

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