Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2020 Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. On Thursday 26 November, 2nd Year students performed solos for Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Carlos Acosta, Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare and former Royal Ballet Principal dancer, Zenaida Yanowsky. The event was […]
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Success at virtual auditions and masterclasses in locked down Portugal A recent successful round of Royal Ballet School virtual auditions in Porto, Portugal should reassure any applicants concerned about the effectiveness of auditioning online rather than in person. On Saturday 31 October 2020, auditionees visited Conservatório de Dança do Vale do Sousa, in Porto, Portugal
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Diploma of Dance Teaching graduation 2020 The Diploma of Dance Teaching 2018-2020 graduation was held virtually on Saturday 24 October. Streamed from Upper School in Covent Garden, Mark Annear, Head of Training & Access, and Karen Berry, Teacher Training Manager, were joined by guest speakers Linda Jasper and Peter Lovatt. Christopher Powney ‘presented’ the 2018-2020
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The Royal Ballet School Healthcare team shortlisted by One Dance UK Awards 2020 We are delighted to announce The Royal Ballet School Healthcare team have been recognised on the One Dance UK Awards 2020 shortlist. The One Dance UK Awards are an annual celebration for people from across the dance sector to unite, celebrate, acknowledge and reward
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The Royal Ballet School continues to support Primary Steps students virtually During lockdown, The Royal Ballet School were unable to host classes in person, for Primary Steps students in our five centres across the country. In order to continue educating and inspiring the students, the Primary Steps team taught online classes and created weekly e-newsletters
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Pauline Wadsworth 1926-2020 We were sorry to hear of the recent death of former Sadlers Wells Ballet dancer and Royal Ballet School teacher, Pauline Wadsworth. She was much loved and admired by her many students and our thoughts are with her family. About Pauline Wadsworth Pauline was born on 26 July 1926 in Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She danced
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The Royal Ballet School launches Enlighten teacher training webinars Due to the popularity of our teacher training webinars during lockdown, The Royal Ballet School is continuing the series of webinars for dance teachers under the title Enlighten. Enlighten provides invaluable insight and information surrounding all aspects of dance teaching and learning, taught by expert staff.
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Students return to The Royal Ballet School After an extended period of lockdown, The Royal Ballet School has finally opened its doors to welcome back students and staff for the first time in six months. Since April, The Royal Ballet School became a virtual school for the Summer Term with Artistic and Academic classes and
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Online Summer Intensive 2020: your response This July, The Royal Ballet School hosted its first ever Online Summer Intensive, in response to the closure of the School buildings during the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 1813 students from all over the world attended the virtual classes taught by The Royal Ballet School Artistic team
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Diploma of Dance Teaching: Year of 2020 Our third cohort of student teachers have now graduated from The Royal Ballet School’s Diploma of Dance Teaching course. Recognition of their achievements will take place in a graduation ceremony on Saturday 24 October 2020. The student teachers began their training at the School in 2018, but completed
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