The Royal Ballet School’s Artistic Director speaking at The Sport Performance Summit Our Artistic Director Christopher Powney will be speaking at The Sport Performance Summit at Twickenham Stadium on Wednesday 10 November. The summit is hosted by the Leaders Performance Institute, a global network for the high -performance community which connects over 100,000 sports industry […]

Celebrating Black History Month Throughout October, the School has been celebrating Black History Month. We’ve been highlighting the work of prominent Black dancers, choreographers and companies in the ballet industry around the world. Everyone featured on our social channels during the month gave their consent to be featured. Here is a roundup of everyone we

A new year at the School We have almost finished our first half term of the new school year. It has been a joy to have everyone back in the building as well as welcoming our new students and staff to the School. There are still COVID-19 restrictions in place to keep everyone safe but

A new term at the School with some exciting changes This term, we welcomed 226 students back to the School; 63 of those were new students. Our students have been settling in well, getting to know their classmates and teachers. This new School year also marks the beginning of our new training structure. Our students

Exciting changes to our audition process After a review of our auditions process, applications are opening and closing earlier than in previous years. Applications will open on 7 September 2021 and close on 20 October 2021 for all UK and international aspiring students. This applies to our full-time training programme and Mid, Advanced and Senior

3rd Year students in Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations 32 Summer Performances from The Royal Ballet School We were delighted to see our students return to the stage yesterday for our annual Summer Performances after a year absent from the stage. This year, our Summer Performances are taking place at White Lodge, Upper School and the

Looking back at 2020 and looking forward to 2021 At the end of last year, we asked our students at Upper School what their best memory from 2020 was. 2nd Year student Issac said ‘my best memory of 2020 was really just watching everyone come together to persevere through lockdown’ and fellow 2nd Year student