Visitors were treated to an impressive display of young choreographic talent last night at our Ninette de Valois Junior Choreographic Award at White Lodge. This year a total of 31 entries from students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were shortlisted to just 14, which were performed in front of judges and audience members in […]
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Award-winning author Ali Sparkes visited Years 7, 8 and 9 students last week as part of our World Book Day celebrations. She spoke to the students about how she became a writer as well as discussing some of her books that have a sci-fi fantasy element, particularly her new title Dark Summer. Afterwards, she signed books
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On Sunday, Year 7 student Vlada, was a finalist in the Young Writers’ Awards organised by artsrichmond. Vlada’s poem, Snowflakes, was chosen from a selection submitted by our Year 7 students in December. She was among only three students in the Year 7 age range in the final. Vlada was awarded a Highly Commended certificate
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Click photos to enlarge On Thursday and Friday evening last week we showcased two key strands of our work, the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award and aDvANCE. These innovative projects provide opportunities for Royal Ballet School students to explore their creativity and develop skills creating original work. Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award This year nine 2nd
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Our 1st Year students took part in an energetic and inspiring rhythm workshop today with renowned Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale. The students were introduced to new beats and were asked to examine three complex rhythms and improvise to them, embodying them in relation to their ballet practice. The workshop helped them to learn to introduce the
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Four of our students appeared alongside Darcey Bussell this month at a special event at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour called the Twinkle of Christmas. Ella Newton and Jack Bruce(Year 7) and Tori Forsyth-Hecken and Joseph Irvine (Year 11), were special guests at the illumination of the Christmas lights, which were turned on by Darcey Bussell. Photos: Marcus
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Last week our 2nd Year students were encouraged to consider their professional careers at a workshop with Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) and a special line-up of DCD-retrained dancers in Covent Garden. DCD’s Executive Director, Jennifer Curry and Grants and Careers Officer, Ellen Chambers, delivered this second workshop as part of our pioneering partnership with the organisation, aimed at equipping students with
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We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2014 Nadia Nerina Scholarship is the School’s first ever South Korean student, 16-year-old Joonhyuk Jun, marking the fifth year of this scholarship. The Nadia Nerina Scholarship, a gift in perpetuity to The Royal Ballet School from The Philip Loubser Foundation, is designed to support exceptionally
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Our Year 8 students were treated to a visit from award-winning children’s author Chris Priestley today. The students are currently studying his book Mister Creecher in parallel with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Chris talked to the children about Mary Shelley’s novel and how his own book was inspired by the character of the Monster. The visit was particularly topical, and not just
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Former star of The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, Cynthia Harvey, has been in School this week teaching students from Year 9 through to our graduate year. Cynthia trained at the Novato School of Dance in Northern California before starting a distinguished career, during which she danced all the major Principal roles – notably partnering
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