Photograph requirements

Photograph requirements

Auditions, Associate Programme and Intensive Courses

All photographs must be uploaded to the online application forms for auditions and Intensive Courses. Photographs emailed are not accepted.

You do not need to use a professional photographer for these images.

Please use current images and do not use any photos you have used in a previous year’s Royal Ballet School application.

The positions shown in the diagrams for Junior Associate entry are visual guidelines only. For other programmes, please also read the detailed descriptions of the positions, speak with your regular dance teacher, and with their guidance, practise the positions in front of a mirror before taking the photos.

Photographs should be sized correctly and displayed the right way up, with the dancer filling the entire frame.

Please use jpg, jpeg or png file formats and make sure that the images do not exceed 10MB.

Junior Associate

– For candidates aged between 8-10 years on 31 August 2025 and currently in school years 3, 4 and 5
Photograph requirements

Candidates applying for female training: a plain-colour leotard (simple-style: no skirt, no frills, lace, high fancy neckline or multi-straps), ballet socks, bare legs (no tights) and ballet shoes with elastic (no ribbons). Hair neatly groomed.

Candidates applying for male training: a close-fitting t-shirt or dance leotard, dance shorts or plain-coloured swimming trunks, short white socks and bare legs (no tights), and ballet shoes. Hair neatly groomed, if long, please tie back (no headbands).

Full-time training/Mid Associate/Intensive Courses/Livorno programme

– Full-time training/Mid Associate candidates aged 11-12 years old on 31 August 2025 and currently in school years 6 or 7
– Intensive courses/Livorno programme aged 9-12 years old on 31 August 2025 and currently in school years 4, 5, 6 or 7
Photograph requirements
Photograph requirements
Please also take a headshot of the candidate for full-time training and Mid Associate applications

Candidates applying for female training: a plain-coloured leotard (simple-style: no skirt, no frills, lace, high fancy neckline or multi-straps), ballet tights (pink or a colour to match skin tone) or ballet socks as preferred and ballet shoes with elastic (no ribbons). Hair neatly groomed.

Candidates applying for male training: a dance leotard or close-fitting white t-shirt, dance shorts or mid-to-dark footless tights, white socks, and black or white ballet shoes. Hair should be neatly groomed; if long, please tie back (no headbands).

Full-time training/Mid, Senior and Advanced Associates/Intensive Courses/Livorno programme

– Full-time training/Mid, Senior and Advanced Associates for candidates aged between 13-18 years on 31 August 2025 and currently in school years 8 to 13
– Intensive courses for candidates aged between 13-19 years on 31 August 2025 and currently in school years 8 to 14
– Livorno programme for candidates aged between 13-15 years on 31 August 2025 and currently in school years 8 to 10
Photograph requirements
Photograph requirements
Please also take a headshot of the candidate for full-time training, Mid, Senior and Advanced Associate applications

Candidates applying for female training: a plain-coloured leotard (not white, simple-style: no skirt, no frills, lace, high fancy neckline or multi-straps), ballet tights (pink or a colour to match skin tone), soft shoes and pointe shoes (picture 4, in pointe shoes only if already working en pointe, if not yet en pointe do this position in soft shoes on demi). Hair neatly groomed. Subtle/natural make-up only if worn.

Candidates applying for male training: a close-fitting white t-shirt or leotard, mid-to-dark colour tights (no white tights, no dance shorts), white socks, and black or white ballet shoes. Hair neatly groomed; if long please tie back (no headbands).

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