Regional training hub partners
We partner with organisations who share our commitment to widening access to ballet and dance education. Together with our regional training hub partners, we offer opportunities for people of all backgrounds, experiences or means to engage with dance. We also work to raise awareness of and promote the benefits of dance for everyone.
Our regional training hubs are accessible centres UK-wide delivering the highest-quality Royal Ballet School programmes. These are for children trying dance for the first time, dance students who want to train at a recreational or pre-vocational level and those who wish to teach dance.
Our partners
Dance Base
Dance Base Scotland is a purpose-built home for creating, nurturing, and celebrating dance in the heart of Edinburgh. As a charity, they encourage and support the potential for dance in everyone. They have four unique studios, over 60 classes a week, broad-reaching support for dance artists, performances, international exchanges, community projects and more – all delivered by a knowledgeable and passionate team.
Dance Base is the School’s Edinburgh Associate Programme centre.
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Dance City
Established 40 years ago, Dance City is the North East’s leading development organisation for dance, which exists to lead and support a thriving dance ecology in the region. Dance City presents a regular programme of dance performances and commissions original new works, bringing leading North East, British and International dance to Newcastle. It also offers weekly classes in many different styles of dance for all ages and levels in its state-of-the-art, purpose-built dance studios. Formal dance training is offered through the Training Academy for talented young people aged 10 to postgraduate level and professional dance artists and choreographers are also supported.
From September 2026, Dance City will be the School’s Newcastle Associate centre, offering Junior Associate classes every Sunday. From 2027, it is intended to extend this to offer Mid Associate classes as well.
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The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is the National Conservatoire of Wales. It is a specialist institution operating within a national and international peer group of conservatoires, and it is the only provider of specialist conservatoire training in Wales. Based in Cardiff, young artists from Wales train at RWCMD alongside their UK counterparts and an international peer group drawn from over 30 countries. RWCMD provides specialist vocational training for Music and Drama at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as an extensive education programme for school-age students.
From September 2026, The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama will be the School’s Cardiff Associate centre, offering two Junior Associate classes and one Mid Associate class. From 2027, it is intended to offer an additional Mid Associate class and eventually introduce a Senior Associate class.
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Severn Dance Studios
Nestled in the heart of Gloucestershire’s Stroud district, this purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility is thoughtfully designed to inspire dancers of all levels, from aspiring professionals to those seeking the joy and wellness that dance provides. The complex features Harlequin sprung floors, modern changing facilities, an ecologically friendly garden area for students to relax in, as well as an onsite café. It also offers secure free onsite parking for up to 100 cars, complete with electric car charging points.
From September 2026, Severn Dance Studios will be the School’s Stroud Associate Programme centre, offering two Junior Associate classes and two Mid Associate classes.