We regret to announce that, due to recent changes to our government funding, White Lodge Museum will be closed to the public for the foreseeable future. The Royal Ballet School Collections will remain accessible through the Archives Hub network and a new online timeline. Despite the closure, The Royal Ballet School Collections will remain […]
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Outstanding achievements 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
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Our younger students were treated to a very special performance and Q&A session with the Ballet Boyz this week at White Lodge. The Ballet Boyz, which was co-founded by Royal Ballet School-trained Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, performed an impressive contemporary piece by alumnus Alexander Whitley called The Murmuring from their latest production The
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Today our Year 8 boys were invited to spend the afternoon at Strathmore School, a community special school for pupils aged between 7-19 who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties. They joined Strathmore students of all ages in a range of different activities from role-play pretending to be astronauts, through to cooking and gardening.
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We were honoured to welcome The Lady Mayoress of London today to the Upper School in Covent Garden. She was accompanied by the wives of Ambassadors from Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Slovenia and South Korea who met students from their respective countries currently training at the School. The Royal Ballet School is very grateful to have been
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Graduation performance All Level 3 classes are currently busy creating and rehearsing dances to perform at the Year 6 Graduation performance on Saturday 30 May at The Royal Ballet School in Covent Garden, alongside guest dancers from the Place Centre for Advanced Training and 3Volution dance group from King Edward VI School in Bury St
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Our annual Open Day and Summer Fair will take place at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on Saturday 13 June. We are pleased to announce that this year the event will be opened by alumna of the School and Royal Ballet Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson. We hope you can join us there.
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We are pleased to announce a prestigious line-up of guest teachers at this year’s International Summer School: Follow the links for biog information White Lodge: Theo Dantes – Spanish dance teacher Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp OBE – Creative dance teacher Glenn Wilkinson – Contemporary dance teacher Covent Garden: Amanda Britton – Contemporary dance teacher Viviana Durante – Ballet
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Pupils in Year 7 and 8 took part in a six week charity Readathon in March and April this year. The Readathon was in support of four children’s charities including CLIC Sargent, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s charity, Readwell and Together For Short Lives. All four of these charities support seriously ill young people. The total raised
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In April 2015 a group of 3rd Year students travelled to New York City to meet, work and perform with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company as part of an ongoing exchange programme with the company. Here 3rd Year student Grace Horne documents an inspiring week in New York. Click photos to expand and see captions Day
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