The Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2023 Each year, our Upper School 2nd Year students are invited to perform a solo of their choice, prepared on their own and without any coaching, for the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. The annual event took place on Thursday 23 November, in front of an audience […]

Supporting Borne: Pre-professional Year students perform at Borne to Dance 2023 Two of the School’s Pre-professional Year students, Tianie-Finn and Alejandro, took to the stage last Thursday 16 November, on the eve of World Prematurity Day, for a special performance to raise awareness and much-needed funds for research to prevent premature birth.  Hosted by Artist

Pre-professional Year students feature in a one-of-a-kind performance of The Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote Members of our Pre-professional Year have had the opportunity to perform with The Royal Ballet in their production of Don Quixote on the Royal Opera House main stage from September to November this year. Our students performed alongside the Company in

White Lodge students perform in The Cellist at the Royal Opera House We never tire of seeing the amazing work our alumni go on to create throughout their careers. Last month, The Cellist, a one-act ballet created for The Royal Ballet by our alumna Cathy Marston, opened at the Royal Opera House. Cathy Marston graduated

World Pianist Day – Q&A with Royal Ballet School pianists Liz, Tracey and Akiko Today we are celebrating World Pianist Day – a day to recognise the value pianists bring to our art form and to shine the spotlight on their mastery of playing the piano. At The Royal Ballet School, students are lucky enough

Alastair Macaulay gives a Creative Artist Talk on the legendary Lynn Seymour Last month, we welcomed historian and performing arts critic Alastair Macaulay to deliver a Creative Artist Talk to our Upper School students. Our Creative Artist Programme is designed to help students become versatile artists, equipping them with the tools to develop their careers

Celebrating World Ballet Day 2023 On Wednesday November 1, the School participated in the 10th anniversary of World Ballet Day, a day bringing together over 50 of the world’s leading ballet and dance companies to celebrate the art form. An initiative of The Royal Ballet, The Australian Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, World Ballet Day

Inspiring young people with our Primary Steps demonstrations We feel strongly that every child should have access to the arts. With our Primary Steps programme, with support from the Department for Education, we offer a positive introduction to dance to students across the UK who may not otherwise have the opportunity. Every year, we stage

Honouring our history: The Royal Ballet School’s Ninette de Valois Choreographic Programme From its origins as The Academy of Choreographic Art, The Royal Ballet School has a long tradition of nurturing the creative impulse in emerging young dancers. The School’s Founder, Dame Ninette de Valois, was a noted choreographer dedicated to centring choreography into our