Award-winning author Ali Sparkes visited Years 7, 8 and 9 students last week as part of our World Book Day celebrations. She spoke to the students about how she became a writer as well as discussing some of her books that have a sci-fi fantasy element, particularly her new title Dark Summer. Afterwards, she signed books […]
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Click photos to enlarge On Saturday 7 March we teamed up with three other leading UK ballet schools for an event at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre celebrating British dance training. Spring Celebration was a collaboration between Central School of Ballet, Elmhurst School for Dance, English National Ballet School and The Royal Ballet
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On Sunday, Year 7 student Vlada, was a finalist in the Young Writers’ Awards organised by artsrichmond. Vlada’s poem, Snowflakes, was chosen from a selection submitted by our Year 7 students in December. She was among only three students in the Year 7 age range in the final. Vlada was awarded a Highly Commended certificate
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Click photos to enlarge On Thursday and Friday evening last week we showcased two key strands of our work, the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award and aDvANCE. These innovative projects provide opportunities for Royal Ballet School students to explore their creativity and develop skills creating original work. Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award This year nine 2nd
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This January we welcomed the new Level 1 children to the after school classes in all five centres. Equal numbers of boys and girls took up the offer to join regular primarySTEPS dance classes in their area; they have settled in quickly and are already making great progress. Find out more about our work with
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Our 1st Year students took part in an energetic and inspiring rhythm workshop today with renowned Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale. The students were introduced to new beats and were asked to examine three complex rhythms and improvise to them, embodying them in relation to their ballet practice. The workshop helped them to learn to introduce the
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On Saturday 10 January, four lucky pupils from the primarySTEPS programme in Dagenham were invited to The City of London Lord Mayor’s Annual Childrens Christmas Party. On arrival at Manor House, each of the 300 Children invited to the party, were received by the Lord Mayor and Mayoress before enjoying some entertainment in the Egyptian Hall.
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The winner of this year’s Kenneth MacMillan Senior Choreographic Award is Caitlin Rogers (Year 10) for her piece Inch by Inch. The composition was set to a spoken word track by composer Paul Kelly called Peace from Any Given Sunday, featuring the voice of Al Pacino. Second prize went to Christian Bratu (Year 11) for his
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Today our 2nd Year students took part in the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance, performing in the Linden Studio Theatre 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, Director of The
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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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