Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer 2022 On Wednesday 7 December, our Year 10 and 11 students presented nine original pieces to a panel of experts as part of the Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer performance. They not only conceived of and choreographed the pieces, but they also cast their ballets with their classmates, timetabled their rehearsals, and […]
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Dance Education in Transition, a symposium in Munich The Ballet Academy of the Munich University of Music and Theatre and the Federal Association of Dance in Germany (Dachverband Tanz Deutchland) organised a symposium on Dance Education in Transition at the end of November. The aim of the two-day event was to promote a forward-looking reform
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Mitigating injury risk with Niall MacSweeney and the School’s dedicated Healthcare team There’s nothing that matters more to us than our students’ well-being. We’re proud that our Healthcare team isn’t simply following the latest research on injury risks in ballet, but they’re writing it. We spoke with our Physical Development Lead, Niall MacSweeney, about his
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The Independent School Inspectorate awards the School its highest rating The Royal Ballet School is always working towards excellence in everything we do and our most important role is teaching and nurturing the students in our care. We were therefore overjoyed to have our continued efforts recognised by the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI), who awarded
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The Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2022 Each year, 2nd Year students at The Royal Ballet School are invited to perform solos of their choice for the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. These are performances they’ve prepared on their own, without any coaching. The students danced the pieces for Dame Monica Mason and
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Enabling flexible and agile working at The Royal Ballet School The way we all collaborate has changed so much in the past two years. As an organisation that prioritises continuous evolution and creating community, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how we share knowledge and build upon our research both internally and with
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From croisé to cha-cha: a visit from Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice Our Year 9, 10, and 11 students were treated to a masterclass in Latin dancing, taught by the 2012 Italian Open Latin Dance Champion and star of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Giovanni Pernice. Giovanni generously volunteered his time to teach the students about salsa and
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‘I absolutely loved every minute’ — our first Autumn Intensives During the October half term, we ran a series of new one-day regional courses for ballet students aged 11 to 14. Throughout the week, we taught classes to 281 students in London, Manchester, and Leeds. These courses were really special to us because they were non-selective
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Congratulations to Principal Dancer Ricardo Castellanos Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers, so few things bring us more joy than seeing our alumni fly in their careers. We were thrilled to see that alumnus Ricardo Castellanos was recently promoted to Principal Dancer at The Norwegian National Ballet. While at The Royal Ballet
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Celebrating our musicians this World Pianist Day Every ballet class at The Royal Ballet School is accompanied by live music. Today, World Pianist Day, we’re excited to honour the people who can create big orchestral moments and emotional dimensions in our classes and on stage with just a piano. We’re fortunate to work with several
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