This week we have welcomed students and staff from the Royal Danish Ballet School, visiting us over two days. Our Danish visitors have been in contact with Year 9 students as pen pals and have come here to meet their new friends and learn about how our students’ life and training compares to their own. Yesterday the

Alongside their weekly dance classes, we have planned a number of enrichment activities for primarySTEPS students next term. Junior Associates Level 1 children and their parents or guardians visited Junior Associate centres in Leeds, Manchester and London to watch and join in with classes. They learnt more about The Royal Ballet School and were inspired

  Today we announce a pioneering new partnership with Dancers’ Career Development to make the subject of career transition a formal part of our full-time students’ curriculum. Dancers’ Career Development will work with students in the final three years of study at The Royal Ballet School (ages 16 to 19). They will be given an Introduction to Transition in Year One and

The second instalment of the BBC Antiques Roadshow filmed at White Lodge, our base in Richmond Park, will air this Sunday 1 June at 8pm on BBC1. Viewers will not only get see the experts in action reviewing historic objects, they will also get a unique insight into the building and grounds of the 18th

This weekend our Year 10s will dance with pupils from Feltham Community College and Richmond Park Academy in Firebird, an original piece of choreography set to Stravinsky’s ballet score, performed by young musicians from Hounslow Music Service and Richmond Music Trust. The performances, which take place at White Lodge on Friday and Sunday, are the culmination of an innovative music

Gailene Stock CBE AM, much admired Director of The Royal Ballet School, died on Tuesday 29 April peacefully at home after a courageous fight against cancer. Most beloved wife of Gary and devoted mother of Lisa. An exceptional dancer and teacher, loved by so many and an inspiration to even more.  The family will be holding

Here is a collection of some of the wonderful tributes and comments that have come in for Gailene via social media over the past couple of days. [View the story “Gailene Stock CBE AM 1946-2014” on Storify]

We are sad to announce that our Director, Gailene Stock CBE AM, passed away peacefully today after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Gailene trained initially in Australia and then at The Royal Ballet Upper School as a result of a scholarship awarded by the Royal Academy of Dance. She danced as

We are very sad to announce the death of April Olrich Pegram, a long-time supporter of the School, who passed away last week after a long illness. Born in Zanzibar in 1931, April trained as a ballerina first in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Teatro Colon under Michel Borovsky. She then joined Colonel Vassili de