Inspiring individuality – looking back at Daria Klimentová’s nine years of teaching

Inspiring individuality – looking back at Daria Klimentová’s nine years of teaching We bid a fond farewell to our 2nd Year Ballet Teacher Daria Klimentová at the end of this summer term. After nine years of teaching at the School, Daria is now moving on to explore new opportunities, including focusing on her successful International […]

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Aug 18 2023

The Royal Ballet School’s Summer Intensive 2023

Community and outreach, School life

The Royal Ballet School’s Summer Intensive 2023 Over the past five weeks, from 17 July to 18 August, the School has welcomed aspiring young dancers from all over the world to our White Lodge and Upper School studios for this year’s Summer Intensive. Our Summer Intensive aims to introduce dancers to The Royal Ballet School’s

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Aug 11 2023

Upper School ballet teacher Zhan Atymtayev reflects on his journey with The Royal Ballet School

School life, Teacher training

Upper School ballet teacher Zhan Atymtayev reflects on his journey with The Royal Ballet School After nine and a half years with The Royal Ballet School, we say farewell to 1st Year Ballet Teacher Zhan Atymtayev. Zhan is relocating to Stockholm to join The Royal Swedish Ballet as Rehearsal Director. Before teaching his final classes,

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Aug 9 2023

The Royal Ballet School announces cutting-edge healthcare partnership with researchers from the University of Essex

Announcements, Healthcare

The Royal Ballet School announces cutting-edge healthcare partnership with researchers from the University of Essex As one of the world’s greatest centres of excellence for classical ballet training, The Royal Ballet School is committed to unlocking further advances in performance science. As we work to nurture healthy, strong and resilient dancers fit for the stage

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Aug 4 2023

A chat with Principal dancer and alumnus, Brandon Lawrence

Alumni news

A chat with Principal dancer and alumnus, Brandon Lawrence After a successful 12-years with Birmingham Royal Ballet, alumnus Brandon Lawrence bids farewell to the Company as he leaves to join Ballett Zürich in Cathy Marston’s first season as Director. Brandon attended the School from 2006 to 2011. In 2008 he received the Royal Academy of

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Aug 3 2023

Fostering a love for ballet and movement– Primary Steps on Demand for home educators

Community and outreach, Primary Steps news

Fostering a love for ballet and movement– Primary Steps on Demand for home educators Part of our mission at The Royal Ballet School is to raise awareness of the benefits of dance and create opportunities for young people to engage with ballet and access high-quality creative dance education. Our accessible Primary Steps on Demand programme

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Aug 2 2023

Reflecting on close to a decade of teaching – in conversation with departing ballet teacher Kenta Kura

School life, Teacher training

Reflecting on close to a decade of teaching – in conversation with departing ballet teacher Kenta Kura As the School year ends, we bid farewell to Kenta Kura, a long-serving staff member who has taught with The Royal Ballet School for nearly a decade. Kenta will return to Japan as the newly appointed Director at

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Jul 28 2023

A year of Primary Steps on Demand

Community and outreach, Primary Steps news

A year of Primary Steps on Demand Making ballet accessible to all is one of our core missions here at the School. We launched Primary Steps on Demand last year to widen our outreach to primary schools across the globe and strive to give every student the opportunity to experience ballet. We were excited to

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Jul 26 2023

Changes to the School’s Associate Programme

Announcements, Associate Programme

Changes to the School’s Associate Programme As part of The Royal Ballet School’s commitment to widening access to classical ballet, the School will establish a new Associate centre in Edinburgh at the end of the 2023/24 academic year. The Dundee Associate centre will relocate to Edinburgh, supporting our ambition to grow the Associate Programme. The

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Jul 24 2023

Graduation 2023

Performances and events

Graduation 2023 Following the final Summer Performance held at the Royal Opera House on 16 July our Pre-professional Year students were recognised for their remarkable accomplishments at a graduation ceremony in the Linden Studio Theatre at Upper School. The ceremony was attended by students’ families, friends, supporters, and special guests and was a truly joyous

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