100 stories: Karen Paisey As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of alum Karen Paisey, former Principal of The Royal Ballet, who is closing a chapter on a remarkable 35 years of teaching with The Royal Ballet School’s Associate Programme. Karen joined the School aged 10 and trained at both White Lodge and Upper […]
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Remembering David Norman, 1941-2026 The Royal Ballet School is deeply saddened to learn that David Norman, Chairman of The Royal Ballet School from 2000-2009, has died. David Mark Norman was born on 30 January 1941 to a prominent British banking family. He attended Eton College from 1953-1959, graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1962 and earned a Master
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Behind the designs with centenary collection illustrators Aimee Tregunno and Catja Christensen In-house illustrators Aimee Tregunno, Digital Marketing Apprentice, and Catja Christensen, Marketing and Communications Executive, teamed up to design the School’s centenary merchandise collection, now available to shop online and at the School. The Royal Opera House gift shop will also sell the products in a limited-time pop-up, coinciding with the School’s Summer Performance matinee on Saturday, 18 July. Aimee and Catja sat down to talk
Dr Anna Meadmore awarded The Royal Ballet Governors’ Gold Medal at Opera Holland Park On Tuesday 7 July, Dr Anna Meadmore, Manager of Special Collections, was awarded with The Royal Ballet Governors’ Gold Medal on the Opera Holland Park stage. The medal was presented by Jeanetta Laurence OBE, Governor and Vice Chair of the Royal Ballet Companies, alongside Isabel McMeekan and Alexander Whitley, both
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Alum Louise Flanagan on designing the costumes for Cathy Marston’s A Line in Reflection We were thrilled to welcome alum Louise Flanagan back to the School this year to design the costumes for fellow alum Cathy Marston’s new work, A Line in Reflection, created especially for our Centenary Summer Performances. Louise drew from her experience
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The School’s 100th graduate year achieve 100% employment rate The Royal Ballet School is proud to present its 100th cohort of graduates – a milestone moment honouring both inheritance and future. We are thrilled to share that all 30 graduating students have secured professional contracts with 17 prestigious companies worldwide, including six with The Royal Ballet and five with Birmingham Royal Ballet. The broad range of companies in the UK and
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Ballet teacher training courses ‘Teacher training in ballet is not one-size-fits-all.’ Some routes provide structure and professional certification. Others offer space to reflect, to question, to deepen an existing practice. Most teachers who take their craft seriously will engage with both at different points in their career. The question is not which kind of training matters but how
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100 stories – Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley, a celebrated Principal partnership in The Royal Ballet. The British prima ballerina Dame Antoinette Sibley was born in Bromley, Kent on 27 February 1939. After starting her ballet studies at the
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100 stories – Arnold Haskell As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of Arnold Haskell, the first appointed Director of The Royal Ballet School. Arnold Lionel Haskell was born in London on 19 July 1903 and died in Bath on 14 November 1980. During the
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100 stories: Christopher Saunders As part of our centenary year, we are featuring 100 stories that make up The Royal Ballet School’s past, present and future. Today, we share the story of alum, Rehearsal Director and Principal Character Artist of The Royal Ballet Christopher Saunders. Christopher joined White Lodge in 1975 at the age of 11 and joined The Royal Ballet in 1983. He celebrated 40 years
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