The Royal Ballet School hosts Special Collections Livestream Do you consider yourself a ballet fanatic and would like to know more about the roots of British ballet? At 11am GMT on Friday 24 March, we’re holding a livestream from our archives at The Royal Ballet School at White Lodge. Special collections Manager, Anna Meadmore will […]

Thank you Mrs Conway On Thursday 2 March, our 3rd Year students gathered in the Dowell/Sibley Studio at the Upper School to say thank you to Royal Ballet School Deputy Chairman Ricki Gail Conway, for her generous sponsorship of the exchange with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. Our 3rd Years recently spent a week in New York

Visit from Holocaust Survivor, Joan Salter On Wednesday 1 March, our Year 10 and 11 students at White Lodge heard testimony from Holocaust survivor, Joan Salter, as part of a visit organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). She gave a talk describing her experiences as a just a young baby when war broke out and

The Creative Artist Programme – Theatre Alive! at The Royal Ballet School On Friday 24 February, Theatre Alive! presented their production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Linden Studio of our Upper School. This was part of The Creative Artist Programme, an exclusive programme of creative lectures and workshops, with a roster of internationally renowned creative, cultural and

The Royal Ballet School launches Ballet History Timeline On Tuesday 7 February we launched our Ballet History Timeline, a unique and exciting online project that traces the story of the founding of a national ballet in Britain. Visit the timeline now: timeline.royalballetschool.org.uk  

Secondary Insight 2017 On Thursday 19 January 2017 we held our annual Secondary Insight event. Each year we invite dance students in secondary education to watch class at the Upper School and discover what life is like for our dancers. They are introduced to our students, who come from across the globe, and are given an

Livestream Q&A   On Friday 13 January 2017 we held a livestream question and answer session with Head of Outreach and Access, Mark Annear and Associate Programme Manager Sylvia Hubbard, hosted on our Facebook page. They were answering questions sent in before and during the livestream, about the Junior Associate programme and our audition process. The

Special screening of The Nutcracker for Royal Ballet School Associates in Bath On Saturday 7 January we held a special screening of The Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Victoria Hall, Radstock, the location of our Associate centre in Bath. Around 60 people attended the screening, made up of Junior and Mid Associates, along with their parents, to

The Royal Ballet School Outreach & Access team to host livestream Q&A At 16:30 GMT on Friday 13 January 2017, The Royal Ballet School’s Head of Outreach & Access, Mark Annear and Associate Programme Manager, Sylvia Hubbard will host a livestream Q&A on our Facebook page, offering information about The Royal Ballet School Junior Associate programme and audition process.

Students of The Royal Ballet School appear in BBC Two documentary, Dancing the Nutcracker Over the Autumn term, a secret project was brewing at The Royal Ballet School. As our students took class, attended auditions and worked hard in rehearsals, they were followed by a BBC film crew who discovered exactly what goes into staging The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera