Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2017 Congratulations to Kele Roberson, winner of 2017 Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. The Award took place on Monday 13 November and was open to the 2nd Year students, who were invited to perform a solo of their choosing, prepared on their own and without any coaching. When explaining […]

Samira Saidi joins The Royal Ballet School in new post Renowned ballet educator and manager Samira Saidi will join the School on Thursday this week as Head of Intensive Courses and International Relations. In this newly-created role, Samira will lead on developing our intensive courses and will form an integral part of our continued drive

Nadia Nerina Scholar announced We are delighted to announce that the 2017-20 recipient of The Royal Ballet School Nadia Nerina Scholarship is Amir Shah. Amir, who is from Mumbai, India, joined the 1st Year (Upper School) at the start of this academic year. Not only is Amir the first Indian student to be awarded the

New Spring Programme to launch in Hong Kong and London For the very first time The Royal Ballet School has will run an exclusive Spring Programme, expanding its reach from London and the UK to ballet students in Hong Kong and beyond. Taught by Royal Ballet School artistic staff, alumni and guest teachers and open

Royal Ballet School International Scholar joins the School Just a year after being selected as a Royal Ballet School International Scholar, 13-year-old Takumi Miyake has taken up a place at The Royal Ballet School. He is the first student from our new International Scholars Programme to be offered a place to train at the School.

Two of our students were honoured to take part in the unveiling of a new English Heritage blue plaque today at the former home of Rudolf Nureyev. 2nd Year students Madison Bailey and Jordan Martinez posed for photographers at the unveiling at the four-storey house in Kensington, where dance critics Nigel and Maude Gosling kept

Philip Loubser Foundation inaugural Fellowship Weekend On Friday 1 and Saturday 2 September current and former Philip Loubser Foundation fellows, including two Royal Ballet School alumni, came together for a Fellowship Weekend. Two of our former students, Joonhyuk Jun and Hannah Bettes, gathered with other Philip Loubser Foundation fellows to celebrate each other’s achievements and share

Impressive line-up of current and former ballet stars teach Summer Programme 2017 Our Summer Programme has always been an exciting opportunity for young dancers to experience the highest levels of coaching from a wide variety of renowned teachers. This year is no exception: students are fortunate to be working with an all-star line up of

Graduation 2017 On Sunday 9 July 2017, students from The Royal Ballet School performed in their final performance of the year at the Royal Opera House to a sold-out auditorium. Friends, family, staff, supporters and members of the public gathered to see the students dance in a rich programme that blended classical repertoire with more

Yasmine Naghdi promoted to Principal of The Royal Ballet Congratulations to Royal Ballet School alumna, Yasmine Naghdi, who has been promoted to Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet. Yasmine started the school at White Lodge in 2003 and progressed to the Upper School in 2008. During her time at the school Yasmine was selected to