New choreography with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company On Monday 21 May, we welcomed American Ballet Theatre Studio Company to the School for our annual exchange programme. The 3rd Year Royal Ballet School students took class with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and also rehearsed for a collaborative choreographic project. This year, guest choreographer […]

Dress to express for Mental Health Awareness Week Our students celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May) by focusing on celebrating themselves, their strengths and their individuality. On Wednesday 16 May, performance poet Hussain Manawer gave an assembly to both our White Lodge and Upper School students. The students enjoyed an dynamic performance by Hussain followed by some interesting and thought provoking

How were our first ever Spring Intensives? Thanks to all of you who attended our first ever Spring Intensive Courses in Hong Kong and London. In total, across the two intensives, we welcomed 278 students from 34 different countries. Participants at each course enjoyed a week of training in classical ballet, contemporary and character dance

White Lodge scaffolding for essential repairs Regular walkers in Richmond Park may have noticed White Lodge is gradually disappearing behind a cloak of scaffolding. We are working with Heritage England and London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to carefully pair the stonework, windows and roof on the central King’s Building, constructed in 1730. The work

Ninette de Valois Choreographic Award 2018 The winner of the 2018 Ninette de Valois Choreographic Award was Grace Donovan with her composition Cloudburst. The Award is dedicated to the memory of our Founder and is part of the School’s strong tradition of nurturing young choreographic talent. This year 12 young choreographers, aged 11-14, were selected from

The Advance Project performance Year 10 students joined young people from Harris Academy Tottenham on stage this month for two special performances marking the culmination of The Advance Project. The Advance Project, held annually at the School, is a unique opportunity for our students to work with young people from local secondary schools on a

Spring Concert 2018 On Sunday we welcomed friends and family to watch students perform drama and music in our Spring Concert. The event is a chance for the students to show their talents beyond the ballet studio; playing musical instruments, singing, performing monologues and acting out pieces of theatre. Year 7s opened the show with

Choreography Project at the Prix Two of our 3rd Year students, Harrison Lee and Katharina Nikelski, were invited this month to take part in a unique choreography experience at the Prix de Lausanne. This one-of-a-kind collaboration, called the Choreography Project, was choreographed by Goyo Montero and involved 50 young dancers from schools across the world dancing together.

Creative connections: The Advance Project 2018 Young people from Harris Academy Tottenham have visited The Royal Ballet School for their first day of joint rehearsals in a unique collaboration for The Advance Project. This annual project comprises a series of visits to each school, workshops and joint rehearsals which culminate in the two groups creating a

Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award 2018 Congratulations to Kele Roberson and Damen Axtens, winners of this year’s Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award 2018 with their piece Introspection. Introspection, set to music composed and arranged by violinist Anna Phoebe, asks the question ‘can you, if only for a second, allow your mind to be quiet?’ On Tuesday 30 January