Turning on the christmas lights with darcey

Turning on the Christmas lights with Darcey

Four of our students appeared alongside Darcey Bussell this month at a special event at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour called the Twinkle of Christmas. Ella Newton and Jack Bruce(Year 7) and Tori Forsyth-Hecken and Joseph Irvine (Year 11), were special guests at the illumination of the Christmas lights, which were turned on by Darcey Bussell. Photos: Marcus […]

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Dancers talk to students about career beyond the stage

Dancers talk to students about career beyond the stage

Last week our 2nd Year students were encouraged to consider their professional careers at a workshop with Dancers’ Career Development  (DCD) and a special line-up of DCD-retrained dancers in Covent Garden. DCD’s Executive Director, Jennifer Curry and Grants and Careers Officer, Ellen Chambers, delivered this second workshop as part of our pioneering partnership with the organisation, aimed at equipping students with

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Nadia nerina scholarship 2014 goes to our first ever south korean student

Nadia Nerina Scholarship 2014 goes to our first ever South Korean student

We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2014 Nadia Nerina Scholarship is the School’s first ever South Korean student, 16-year-old Joonhyuk Jun, marking the fifth year of this scholarship. The Nadia Nerina Scholarship, a gift in perpetuity to The Royal Ballet School from The Philip Loubser Foundation, is designed to support exceptionally

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The dream: junior associates learn from the professionals

The Dream: Junior Associates learn from the professionals

Click images to enlarge Yesterday Junior Associates were treated to a masterclass in Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, by members of The Royal Ballet. This is the first time The Royal Ballet have held a creative workshop for members of our Associate programme. In total 94 Year 6 Associate students from all eight of our centres around

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Award-winning children's author chris priestley talks to students

Award-winning children’s author Chris Priestley talks to students

Our Year 8 students were treated to a visit from award-winning children’s author Chris Priestley today. The students are currently studying his book Mister Creecher in parallel with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Chris talked to the children about Mary Shelley’s novel and how his own book was inspired by the character of the Monster. The visit was particularly topical, and not just

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World renowned dancer cynthia harvey guest teaches at the school

World renowned dancer Cynthia Harvey guest teaches at the School

    Former star of The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, Cynthia Harvey, has been in School this week teaching students from Year 9 through to our graduate year. Cynthia trained at the Novato School of Dance in Northern California before starting a distinguished career, during which she danced all the major Principal roles – notably partnering

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A Focus on Creativity: Guest speakers announced

This year we have an exclusive line-up of speakers joining us to explore creativity in ballet education and training including: Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp OBE, FRSA (Chief Executive, The Place) Alastair Macaulay (dance critic for the New York Times) Jonothan Needlands DSc, FRSA (Professor of Creative Education, Warwick Business School) Pearl Chesterman (Director of Learning, Birmingham

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