Graduation 2021 After an exceptional and challenging year, our 3rd Year students gave an incredible performance at the Royal Opera House, including their final Grand Défilé. They returned to the School in the afternoon for their graduation ceremony. A small number of family, staff and supporters gathered in the Linden Studio Theatre whilst those […]
Exciting changes to our audition process After a review of our auditions process, applications are opening and closing earlier than in previous years. Applications will open on 7 September 2021 and close on 20 October 2021 for all UK and international aspiring students. This applies to our full-time training programme and Mid, Advanced and Senior
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3rd Year students in Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations 32 Summer Performances from The Royal Ballet School We were delighted to see our students return to the stage yesterday for our annual Summer Performances after a year absent from the stage. This year, our Summer Performances are taking place at White Lodge, Upper School and the
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New Senior Associate Short Course in Leeds We are delighted to announce a new Senior Associate Short Course based at Yorkshire Dance, the School’s existing Associate Centre in Leeds. Starting in October 2021, the programme will offer selected students in Years 10 and 11 the opportunity to participate in a series of six Sunday classes
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Upper School students perform early ‘lost’ work by Ninette de Valois Five 3rd Year students have performed an early experimental work by our founder Dame Ninette de Valois for the first time since it was last seen in 1932. The Arts of the Theatre (1925) celebrates the stage arts, with five female roles portraying Music,
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Former Royal Ballet School Assistant Artistic Director Awarded Honorary OBE We were recently delighted to hear that our former Assistant Artistic Director, Jay Jolley, was awarded an honorary OBE for his services to dance. Jay worked at the School for 24 years before retiring in 2019. He began working at the School in 1996 as
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Spring Intensive 2021: your responses Between 7-11 April, The Royal Ballet School held its first hybrid Spring Intensive, offering in-person and virtual classes. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the School successfully hosted 91 participants at White Lodge, with participants both boarding and attending classes at this location. At the same time, the School held
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Returning to training: our Healthcare Team discuss their student support strategies During periods of school closure throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our students maintained training schedules from home and attended academic classes online. However, training from home presents many challenges, and since students have returned to the School, our Healthcare Team have been guiding their transition
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Agnes Roboz 1926 – 2021 We were recently saddened to hear of the death of Hungarian choreographer and dance teacher, Agnes Roboz. Roboz taught summer programmes at The Royal Ballet School and was integral to the expansion of our Associate programmes to include the teaching of national dances. Her character work was also incorporated by
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Royal Ballet School students share their experiences of 2020’s Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer programme Last December, our Year 10 and 11 students presented eight new dance works as part of the Kenneth MacMillan Emerging Choreographer programme. The students worked on every aspect of these pieces, from developing the choreography to choosing their own costumes and
