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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This year we have an exclusive line-up of speakers joining us to explore creativity in ballet education and training including: Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp OBE, FRSA (Chief Executive, The Place) Alastair Macaulay (dance critic for the New York Times) Jonothan Needlands DSc, FRSA (Professor of Creative Education, Warwick Business School) Pearl Chesterman (Director of Learning, Birmingham
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Students and staff from across the School raised more than £2,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support this week, selling their culinary creations at bake sales at both White Lodge and Upper School. The event included some impressive show-stopper bakes and was a fantastic opportunity to raise money for this important cause. Both bake sales were held in
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In October 2013 the Royal Ballet School first year students began a collaborative project with students from The Brit School. In keeping with the aims of aDvANCE, this project enabled students of The Royal Ballet Upper School and The BRIT School to share skills and learn from the differences in their respective dance training. Both institutions
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We are pleased to announce an event bringing together the country’s leading dance schools in a collaboration at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre in March 2015, hosted by The Royal Ballet School. Spring Celebration: A showcase of British dance training, will be a special evening celebrating the very best of British ballet training.
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