Sir Peter Wright’s 90th birthday celebrations at The Royal Ballet School On Monday 21 November 2016, the student body and artistic teaching staff gathered at the Upper School to wish ballet legend and long-term supporter of the School, Sir Peter Wright a very happy 90th birthday. The celebrations were a surprise event and as Sir […]
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Miyako Yoshida and Mr Naoya Kinoshita visit The Royal Ballet School On Friday 18 November, our students were visited by alumna and former Royal Ballet Principal, Miyako Yoshida and Mr Naoya Kinoshita who watched the morning ballet class. After the class, Miyako and Mr Kinoshita spoke with some of our Japanese students; 1st year Yu,
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Blesma visits The Royal Ballet School On Friday 4th November, our Upper School students received a visit from Simon Harmer, an ex-combat medic in the British Army who was speaking on behalf of Blesma, a charity that supports limbless and injured veterans for life. He spoke about his experience in the British Army, working in combat
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We are proud to announce that the 2016 Nadia Nerina Scholarship has been awarded to 17-year-old Yu Hang from China, marking the seventh year of this scholarship. The Nadia Nerina Scholarship, a gift in perpetuity to The Royal Ballet School from The Stitching Philip Loubser Foundation, is designed to support exceptionally talented students from beyond the European Union. A full
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Grand Opening of Aud Jebsen Hall Tuesday 27th September saw the grand opening of our new boarding house, Aud Jebsen Hall in Pimlico. The Royal Ballet School wanted to take the opportunity to thank the generous donors who contributed to the redevelopment of the site. With their incredible support, we have been able to create a comfortable
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The Royal Ballet School can announce that we have a 100% employment rate for our graduate year of 2016. Our 3rd year class will travel all over the world to prestigious ballet institutions and we wish them the best of luck as they begin their careers as professional ballet dancers. The graduate year students of
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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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