This delightful White Lodge event was instigated in July 2012, when it was launched by HRH The Princess Alexandra, Patron of The Holly Lodge Centre. Since then, it has been held biennially and the third Victorian Tea Party duly took place in the grounds of White Lodge on a bright summer’s day last Monday 4 […]
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On Friday 17 June, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited White Lodge to watch class, meet staff and pupils, and to express his continued pride at being our President. The Prince of Wales was greeted at the doors of White Lodge by our Head Girl and Head Boy, as well as Year 9
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As part of Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations, The Royal Ballet School was invited along to a Patron’s Lunch on The Mall. One staff member, Anna Meadmore, has written an account of the event: When The Royal Ballet School was allocated 12 tickets for The Queen’s 90th Birthday Patron’s Lunch, the Governors took the
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On Sunday 12 June, students and parents gathered in the Margot Fonteyn Theatre at White Lodge to celebrate artistic achievement in music and drama, at the annual White Lodge Summer Concert. Students performed solos, played musical instruments, sang songs and performed dramatic monologues. In addition, groups performed scenes inspired by stories from the sea and band, The Fawns,
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We are proud to announce that eight of our 2016 graduates will take up much-coveted places with The Royal Ballet company this year. 3rd Year student Joseph Sissens will join on a full contract and the remaining seven students will join as part of the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme. Joseph Sissens – full contract Estelle
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Many congratulations are due on the success of our Year 9 and Year 11 pupils in the 2016, Young Art Exhibition at the Royal College of Art. Young Art is an exhibition for school students aged 4-18, raising funds for Cancer Research UK. It is a wonderful opportunity for aspiring artists to have their work judged
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On Monday 25 April 2016, students at the Upper School were paid a visit by Papillon, a new project by Anna Phoebe and Nicolas Rizzi, combining raw Eastern inspired violin and guitar melodies set within cinematic soundscapes. The students improvised dance in pairs to the live musical accompaniment provided by the duo. This forms part of their choreographic
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On Saturday 27 February, our 1st Year Upper School students hosted a charity event in aid of the NSPCC. The 1st Years invited younger Associate pupils, who train on Saturdays at our School in Covent Garden, to buy tickets to watch a demonstration class taught by Ballet Teacher, Paul Lewis. A cake sale and raffle were
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We are proud to announce that first year student, Amelia Townsend has been awarded the En Avant Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship will go towards funding Amelia’s training at The Royal Ballet School. Speaking about the award, Amelia said: ‘I’m so honoured to have this opportunity to dance at the School, and this scholarship will help me
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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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