On Friday 1 July we held the very first graduation of our Diploma of Dance Training course at the Upper School in Covent Garden. Present were our Chairman of our Board, the Duchess of Wellington and speaking at the event were Roger Tully and Ginny Brown as well as Darcey Bussell, who awarded the diplomas. Speaking about […]
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On Friday 17 June, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited White Lodge to watch class, meet staff and pupils, and to express his continued pride at being our President. The Prince of Wales was greeted at the doors of White Lodge by our Head Girl and Head Boy, as well as Year 9
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As part of Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations, The Royal Ballet School was invited along to a Patron’s Lunch on The Mall. One staff member, Anna Meadmore, has written an account of the event: When The Royal Ballet School was allocated 12 tickets for The Queen’s 90th Birthday Patron’s Lunch, the Governors took the
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On Sunday 12 June, students and parents gathered in the Margot Fonteyn Theatre at White Lodge to celebrate artistic achievement in music and drama, at the annual White Lodge Summer Concert. Students performed solos, played musical instruments, sang songs and performed dramatic monologues. In addition, groups performed scenes inspired by stories from the sea and band, The Fawns,
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Congratulations to Royal Ballet School alumni Alexander Campbell and Francesca Hayward who will become Principals of The Royal Ballet in the 2016/7 season along with fellow dancers Ryoichi Harano and Akane Takada Francesca Hayward joined The Royal Ballet School at the age of 11 and graduated into the Company in 2011. Her first major role as Principal
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We are proud to announce that eight of our 2016 graduates will take up much-coveted places with The Royal Ballet company this year. 3rd Year student Joseph Sissens will join on a full contract and the remaining seven students will join as part of the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme. Joseph Sissens – full contract Estelle
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On Monday 16 May, Sir Matthew Bourne, creator of the dance company New Adventures came to give a talk to the students about his experience of entering contemporary dance, choreography and his current work as Director of New Adventures. He was joined by Glenn Graham and Royal Ballet School alumna, Katrina Lyndon, both company members at New Adventures.
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On Thursday 12 May, children’s author, Michael Morpurgo visited the students at White Lodge and gave an enthralling talk to the whole school. He read an extract from his book, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tibs and told the story of how he became a writer. “I wanted to come to this school because I wanted to see
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Many congratulations are due on the success of our Year 9 and Year 11 pupils in the 2016, Young Art Exhibition at the Royal College of Art. Young Art is an exhibition for school students aged 4-18, raising funds for Cancer Research UK. It is a wonderful opportunity for aspiring artists to have their work judged
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On Monday 25 April 2016, students at the Upper School were paid a visit by Papillon, a new project by Anna Phoebe and Nicolas Rizzi, combining raw Eastern inspired violin and guitar melodies set within cinematic soundscapes. The students improvised dance in pairs to the live musical accompaniment provided by the duo. This forms part of their choreographic
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