Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer 2021 Last week four of our Pre-professional Year showcased their own choreography in our annual Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer performance. Normally, our 2nd Year students choreograph pieces in workshops with our Choreographic Course Coordinator & Tutor, Mikaela Polley and perform them to an audience of family, friends and supporters. Due to […]
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World Ballet Day 2021 Last week, the School celebrated World Ballet Day. A record breaking 51 companies participated from across the globe with 24 hours of free content available on YouTube, Facebook and TikTok. The School took part in the largest ever global dance challenge, Jump for Joy. The Royal Ballet and Birmingham
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A new year at the School We have almost finished our first half term of the new school year. It has been a joy to have everyone back in the building as well as welcoming our new students and staff to the School. There are still COVID-19 restrictions in place to keep everyone safe but
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A new term at the School with some exciting changes This term, we welcomed 226 students back to the School; 63 of those were new students. Our students have been settling in well, getting to know their classmates and teachers. This new School year also marks the beginning of our new training structure. Our students
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Summer Intensive 2021 This Summer we hosted our first hybrid Summer Intensive, offering in-person and online classes. Even though there were challenges due to the pandemic, the School successfully hosted 432 participants in-person and 591 participants online. We were delighted to welcome a great number of international students at both White Lodge and Upper School.
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Celebrating our 2021 Summer Performances Sponsored by Imagination Our annual Summer Performances came to an end on 10 July after a run of performances over three weeks at four venues: the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House, the Margot Fonteyn Theatre at White Lodge, the Linden Studio Theatre at Upper School and, for
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Primary Steps programme expands in Blackpool Blackpool is home to one of our Primary Steps centres and this year, even though COVID restrictions have had an impact on our classes, there have been several exciting new developments for our Blackpool students. New primary school partner Boundary Primary School is the newest addition to our group
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Prize-giving assemblies 2021 In the final weeks of term, students at both Upper School and White Lodge were recognised for their artistic and academic achievements. On Wednesday 7 July, there were some special prizes and scholarships awarded at White Lodge: Ravi Cannonier-Watson was presented with The Frank Freeman Summer Scholarship. This is kindly given
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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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