On Tuesday, our 2nd Year students participated in the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance, performing selected solos in the Linden Studio at our base in Covent Garden. The award was created by Nina Finburgh in honour of Lynn Seymour, one of The Royal Ballet’s most celebrated dramatic ballerinas. The competition was judged by Kevin O’Hare, […]
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Tonight some of our students will perform at the Lord Mayor’s Appeal Charity Gala at the Guildhall in London. The Royal Ballet School was one of the Lord Mayor’s chosen charities for the 2014/15 Lord Mayor’s Appeal. The Gala celebrates the culmination of the appeal and is a final chance for the charities involved to raise funds,
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Some of our 3rd Year students were lucky enough to get an invitation from the Lady Mayoress, the Lord Mayor’s wife, Gilly Yarrow to an afternoon tea for diplomats’ spouses at Mansion House; the home of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, on Monday. The tea was a chance for spouses and partners
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School alumnus and teacher and former Royal Ballet Principal David Drew MBE has died at the age of 77 after a long illness. After graduating from The Royal Ballet School in 1955, David joined The Royal Ballet company, being promoted first to Soloist (1962) then Principal (1974), then Principal Character Artist (1989). His career with the
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Find out what an audition at The Royal Ballet School is really like! We are pleased to offer this workshop to give potential applicants, parents and dance teachers, an insight in to the audition class offered to young dancers aged between 11 and 17 years (as of the 31 August 2016) from Mid Associate right through to Upper School. A
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Our students were broadcast to thousands of ballet fans around the world yesterday as part of live streaming from the Royal Opera House for World Ballet Day 2015. The event saw five of the world’s top ballet companies air live recording from their classes and rehearsals, including interviews with top Directors, choreographers and dancers. The Royal Ballet’s portion
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The Royal Ballet School is this week launching an exclusive programme of creative lectures and workshops with a roster of internationally renowned creative, cultural and commercial figures. The new programme, called The Creative Artist, is aimed at providing additional influences that will support a more rounded education for students, so the School can continue to produce
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Congratulations to the following primarySTEPS children who have successfully auditioned for places on The Royal Ballet School’s Junior Associate Programme, which they will begin in September 2015: Amina Secka and Taliyah Frimpong: from Dagenham Joseph McGregor: from Blackpool Amber Heatrick and Jack Cook: from Bury St Edmunds Congratulations also to Samuel Ratford from Dagenham and
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Click photos to enlarge Our Junior Associates (JAs) were recently treated to a visit from a very special four-legged friend. Angel, a guide dog from the Guide Dogs Association, came to watch class with her puppy walker Donna. The JAs gave Angel lots of cuddles and noted that she was very well behaved and had
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Click photos to enlarge Yesterday the School held a special prize-giving assembly to celebrate students in the 1st and 2nd Year who have achieved particularly high levels of attainment or progress during the year in either their academic or artistic work. Congratulations to all the prize-winners, listed below. The ceremony was attended by David Bain, Chairman of
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