Our younger students were treated to a very special performance and Q&A session with the Ballet Boyz this week at White Lodge. The Ballet Boyz, which was co-founded by Royal Ballet School-trained Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, performed an impressive contemporary piece by alumnus Alexander Whitley called The Murmuring from their latest production The

Today our Year 8 boys were invited to spend the afternoon at Strathmore School, a community special school for pupils aged between 7-19 who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties. They joined Strathmore students of all ages in a range of different activities from role-play pretending to be astronauts, through to cooking and gardening.

Our annual Open Day and Summer Fair will take place at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on Saturday 13 June. We are pleased to announce that this year the event will be opened by alumna of the School and Royal Ballet Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson. We hope you can join us there.

In April 2015 a group of 3rd Year students travelled to New York City to meet, work and perform with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company as part of an ongoing exchange programme with the company. Here 3rd Year student Grace Horne documents an inspiring week in New York. Click photos to expand and see captions Day

We are deeply saddened to announce that Jocelyn Mather, former Principal of our Junior Associate programme, died last week after a short illness. Jocelyn was a highly respected member of the dance community and an instrumental member of The Royal Ballet School’s staff. As well as assisting the School’s Ballet Principal Barbara Fewster throughout the