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 […]

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

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

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

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

Royal Ballet School students return to the School Last week the School re-opened and we returned to face-to-face teaching as many of our students nationally and internationally made their way back to the School’s residences. We are hopeful this year will bring less disruption to our students’ learning and more performance opportunities, which were sadly

Dame Margot Fonteyn snowdrops gifted to the School Last week the School was generously gifted several Dame Margot Fonteyn snowdrops which have now been planted in the grounds of White Lodge. Fonteyn is one of our most renowned alumni having been awarded the ultimate title a ballerina can receive, prima ballerina assoluta, by Queen Elizabeth

Success for our first online Junior Associate Insight Days Between 16 and 18 February 2021 we held our first ever series of online Junior Associate Insight Days for those aged 8 to 10 years old. We were delighted that all classes sold out. In total 540 girls and 62 boys attended the Insight Days taught

Royal Ballet School students recreate Ninette de Valois’ ‘lost’ choreography  Today marks International Women’s Day as well as the 20th anniversary of our founder Ninette de Valois’s death. To celebrate today and to honour de Valois, we are delighted to announce a rare performance of The Arts of the Theatre; an early experimental piece of

Q&A for dance teachers on resilience and training during lockdown On our social media channels, we gave dance teachers the chance to ask questions about resilience and teaching during lockdown to Head of Training & Access, Mark Annear and Teacher Training Manager, Karen Berry. Below are some of the questions we received with Mark and