1st Year Upper School student Amelia Townsend wins En Avant Foundation Scholarship

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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Dec 17 2015

Performing with the Maxwell Quartet

Performances and events, School life

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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Dec 11 2015

Christmas jumper day at White Lodge

School life

On Wednesday 9 December the students at White Lodge once again wore their Christmas Jumpers for charity, organised by Mrs Suzanne Gunton. This year we chose the PSP Association (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) a charity that supports those with this rare, incurable, neurological condition which robs sufferers of mobility and often of speech, and works with

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Dec 8 2015

Students in full festive voice

Performances and events, School life

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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Oct 21 2015

Students enjoy tea at Mansion House

School life

Some of our 3rd Year students were lucky enough to get an invitation from the Lady Mayoress, the Lord Mayor’s wife, Gilly Yarrow to an afternoon tea for diplomats’ spouses at Mansion House; the home of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, on Monday. The tea was a chance for spouses and partners

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Oct 2 2015

Students take part in World Ballet Day 2015

Performances and events, School life

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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Sep 28 2015

British sculptor Antony Gormley launches new creative programme

Announcements, School life

The Royal Ballet School is this week launching an exclusive programme of creative lectures and workshops with a roster of internationally renowned creative, cultural and commercial figures. The new programme, called The Creative Artist, is aimed at providing additional influences that will support a more rounded education for students, so the School can continue to produce

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Jul 28 2015

Junior Associates meet a very special dog

School life

Click photos to enlarge Our Junior Associates (JAs) were recently treated to a visit from a very special four-legged friend. Angel, a guide dog from the Guide Dogs Association, came to watch class with her puppy walker Donna. The JAs gave Angel lots of cuddles and noted that she was very well behaved and had

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Jul 10 2015

School Assembly Awards 2015

Performances and events, School life

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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Jun 16 2015

Ballet Boyz perform at White Lodge

Alumni news, School life

Our younger students were treated to a very special performance and Q&A session with the Ballet Boyz this week at White Lodge. The Ballet Boyz, which was co-founded by Royal Ballet School-trained Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, performed an impressive contemporary piece by alumnus Alexander Whitley called The Murmuring from their latest production The

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