Senior Associate Programme

Senior associates

Our Senior Associate Programme is for students aged 14-15 who wish to take class with The Royal Ballet School, alongside their regular ballet classes.

Our Senior Associates are in School Years 10 and 11.

Classes run from September to June in London, Birmingham and Leeds. Those who select Mid, Senior and Advanced Associate male training are encouraged to attend our London Centre where specialist male training classes are held.

Benefits

  • A developed understanding of The Royal Ballet School System of Training
  • Enhanced ballet training with the view to a full-time vocational education
  • Dance with students of a similar age who share the same passion and drive for a career in dance
  • The creation of life long friendships.

Classes include

  • Body conditioning
  • Barre work
  • Centre work
  • Allegro
  • Pointe work (female training)

Opportunities

  • The School aims to invite all Associate students to attend one pre-general rehearsal at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden during the year

  • In addition, we invite students to attend a workshop held at the Upper School to enhance their training

  • Occasionally, Associates are asked to take part in productions by The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and visiting companies.

Eligibility

  • Aged 14-15 by 31 August 2024 (apply in school years 9 or 10)
  • Demonstrable commitment to the study of classical ballet
  • Students who select female training must be en pointe
  • Ability to travel to either London, Leeds or Birmingham on each Saturday of the academic year that a class is held.

How to apply

Applications for our Mid/Senior/Advanced Associate programmes open in September and close in October. Auditions take place from November to January. All auditions are for courses which start the following September. You can apply for our Full-time training and Mid/Senior/Advanced Associate programmes in the same application.

All applications received by the closing dates will be offered an audition class. Our auditions are held at our Associate centres.

Please visit our Auditions page to find out how to apply to the programme.

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