Mindfulness Week 2019 This week, our students and staff have been taking part in the School’s second Mindfulness Week. The aim of the week is to encourage all students and staff to develop mindful ways of self-care and to explore the link between positive well-being and resilience. Students at White Lodge and Upper School enjoyed […]

Carlos Acosta CBE announced as new Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Former Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Carlos Acosta CBE has today been appointed as new Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. He will take up the position in January 2020. The news comes after the Company’s current Director David Bintley CBE announced earlier last year that

New Associate centre to open in Scotland The Royal Ballet School will soon be opening a new Associate centre in Scotland. The new centre in Dundee will open in September 2019 and all students who apply will be offered an audition. The Junior Associate classes, held at Dundee and Angus College, will be for young

Inspiring speakers on our Creative Artist Programme This term, our students heard from lighting designer Yaron Abulafia, alumna Felicity White and former editor-in-chief of British Vogue Alexandra Shulman CBE as part of the School’s Creative Artist Programme. The programme allows our students to experience creative lectures and workshops, with a roster of internationally renowned creative,

Festive art at White Lodge Congratulations to Ellyne Knol (Year 10), who has won the White Lodge Christmas e-card competition with her festive painting of White Lodge in the snow, pictured above. The runner up was this merry and bright painting by Harriet Gibson (Year 9):   The following artworks were also shortlisted: Blake Smith (Year

Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2018 Congratulations to Sheung Yin Chan and Sacha Genet, joint winners of 2018 Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. The Award took place on Thursday 22 November and was open to 2nd Year students. Each year the students are invited to perform a solo, which they select and prepare

Developing our approach to choreographic training This year, the School’s choreographic training has been developed to create a new approach to our three annual choreographic competitions. This comes as a result of a review led by Christopher Powney, Artistic Director, and involving an independent think-tank of prominent choreographers including David Bintley, Christopher Hampson, Russell Maliphant,

Ballet competition culture: are we putting young dancers at risk? A statement from Christopher Powney, Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet School Competitions have long been a platform where student dancers can enjoy positive experiences and learn from sharing with like-minded, passionate young people. Many top professionals speak of how competitions gave them life-changing opportunities

Robert Helpmann book launch On Wednesday 17 October, The Royal Ballet School hosted the book launch of a new Dance Books publication, Robert Helpmann: the Many Faces of a Theatrical Dynamo, edited by Richard Allen Cave and Anna Meadmore. Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) was a multi-talented Australian dancer, actor, choreographer and director of ballets, operas, dramas,