We're delighted to announce that Lady Sarah Chatto has taken on the role of President of the School.
Since 2004, Lady Chatto has been serving as our Vice-President.
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🩰 It was such a treat for our Year 8 students to be part of the
#worldballetday
livestream with The Royal Ballet alongside alumni Sae Maria, Giacomo Rovero and Gary Avis! 🩰
We hope you enjoyed this glimpse into Nutcracker rehearsals.
Happy
#WorldBalletDay
!
We have joined in with
@TheRoyalBallet
's Jump for Joy challenge to celebrate.
What was your favourite part of the day this year?
Toy Soldiers ready and waiting for opening night of
#ROHnutcracker
.
Let us know if you are at the
@royaloperahouse
tonight or watching live in the cinema 🍿
⛅️ End of the first week of summer term - lovely to have our students back in studio! ⛅️
Here’s 2nd Year student, Yasemin, performing Nela by alumnus Will Tuckett - enjoy!
What a treat before
#WorldBalletDay
tomorrow!
@DarceyOfficial
coached Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball in front of our Junior Associates today, as part of their Sleeping Beauty workshop.
Watch our 2nd Year students who took part in a Live and Lunch performance at the
@RoyalOperaHouse
earlier today.
They demonstrated what they have been learning in their pas de deux class and did a Q&A with the audience afterwards.
🩰 Happy
#WorldBalletDay
! 🩰 Here’s a glimpse of our Pre-professional Year students, Jules, Tianie-Finn, Alejandro and Katie, in a rehearsal of Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody as part of The Royal Ballet’s livestream today.
Thank you to everyone who watched and supported them!
Thank you to all of the students and staff who took part in our very first Spring Intensive in London! We enjoyed meeting you all and hope you had a great time 👋
We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty the Queen and send our condolences to all who knew and loved her.
Her Majesty the Queen was our patron since the School was awarded its Royal Charter in 1956, and we will always be grateful for her generous support.
✨ Happy New Year from everyone at The Royal Ballet School ✨
Watch some of our White Lodge students in the Grand Défilé from our 2021 Summer Performances.
👑 To celebrate the coronation of the School’s President, King Charles III, here is a pas de deux performed by four of our Pre-professional Year students 👑
🩰 Our Year 10 students took class in the Paul Hamlyn Hall
@RoyalOperaHouse
for their Live at Lunch today! 🩰
Thank you to everyone who came and made our students feel appreciated!
🎹
#WorldPianistDay
- today we’re celebrating the incredibly talented Pianists who provide music for all our ballet classes 🎹
We spoke with three of our Pianists about their backgrounds and what it’s like to create and play for ballet.
Read the Q&A:
🥪 Our students took part in today's Live at Lunch at the
@RoyalOperaHouse
🥪
Ella and Takumi rehearsed a pas de deux from Onegin by John Cranko with ballet teacher Ricardo Cervera in the Paul Hamlyn Hall.
🎁 A late Christmas present 🎁
Watch our recent graduate and Aud Jebsen Young Dancer with The Royal Ballet Ella Newton Severgnini performing a solo from Swan Lake.
⭐️ Our students performing at the Platinum Party at the Palace ⭐️
We are so grateful our Year 7 and 1st Year students had the opportunity to perform alongside our alumni and Principals of The Royal Ballet Lauren Cuthbertson and Reece Clarke at the
#platinumjubilee
celebrations.
✨ We spoke with our alumna Madison Bailey about her debut as Clara in The Nutcracker and her career to date with The Royal Ballet ✨
Read the interview:
Congratulations to our 2020 graduates!
Today should have been our final Summer Performance at the
@RoyalOperaHouse
and graduation ceremony. Instead, we held a virtual graduation for our 3rd Year students and the rest of the School looks forward to being back on stage soon.
🎉 Congratulations to our Governor and Director of
@BRB
,
@CAcostaOfficial
on winning the
@PrixdeLausanne
2023 Lifetime Achievement Award! 🎉
A much-deserved acknowledgement of Acosta's incredible and inspiring achievements.
✨ A little glimpse of our performances at The Next Generation Festival last month. We can’t wait for our annual performance on the main stage
@RoyalOperaHouse
this Sunday! ✨
Day 13 - Elf really enjoyed the festive révérence at the end of the 1st Year pas de deux class.
Today was the last day of term at Upper School and parents were able to watch the students in class.
✨ Here’s our 2nd Year student Jana performing Louise’s solo from Kenneth MacMillan’s Carousel at the 2022 Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance - enjoy! ✨
To celebrate
#NewYearsEve
, here are just some of your favourite pictures from 2018 🎉
📷 Images from our Summer Performance at the
@RoyalOperaHouse
, backstage at
#WorldBalletDay
, the Ninette de Valois Choreographic Award and our Year 7 Boys' first day at White Lodge
🎉 Congratulations to our ballet teacher Kenta Kura on his new appointment as Director of Japan's K-BALLET ACADEMY and K-BALLET SCHOOL 🎉
We will miss him immensely and wish him every success on his exciting new adventure.
Find out more:
There was excitement at Upper School today as we welcomed Oscar-winning actor
#EddieRedmayne
to talk to students about his career as part of our Creative Artist programme.
✨ Four of our Pre-professional Year students have had the amazing opportunity to perform The Nutcracker with
@BRB
✨
Here’s some behind-the-scenes photographs of Marta and Charlotte.
🎉 Congratulations to our alumnus Lachlan Monaghan on his recent promotion to Principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet! 🎉
Lachlan joined the School in 2009 and started his career in the Company in 2012. We couldn’t be more thrilled for him in this brilliant achievement!
Congratulations to Matthew Ball and the 11 other School alumni on their promotions with
@TheRoyalBallet
💐
📷 Johan Persson 2012, Matthew’s graduate photo shoot
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💻 NEW online class for young dancers aged 14+ with Kenta Kura, former ballet teacher at the School and current Director of K-Ballet Academy 💻
Buy the class today and have lifetime access to it:
🎈Today is the birthday of dancer and choreographer Rudolph Nureyev🎈
Considered one of the greatest dancers of his generation, Nureyev's legacy continues to inspire.
📸1973, Rudolf Nureyev & Anita Young in The Royal Ballet's Agon by George Balanchine, taken by Leslie E. Spatt
#Classof2022
- Isabella Boyd
Isabella joined our Upper School from the United States in 2019 and now dances with Norwegian National Ballet 2.
Find out more:
💙 Happy Valentine’s Day! 💙
Here’s our recent graduates Liya Fan and Tom Hazelby beautifully performing Frederick Ashton’s The Two Pigeons at our 2023 Summer Performances.
Watch our latest
#InsideTheStudio
clip.
This is 3rd Year student Elijah Trevitt performing Prince Siegfried’s solo from The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake, Act 1.
Happy
#WorldBalletSchoolDay
2021!
World Ballet School Day is an opportunity to celebrate and connect the next generation of young dancers from around the world.
Find out more:
☀️
#Insidethestudio
with our White Lodge students rehearsing Hora La Aninoasa by Tom Bosma for our upcoming Summer Performances at Opera Holland Park and the Royal Opera House ☀️
Find out more about this piece and book tickets here:
🌏 Happy
#InternationalDanceDay
! 🌎
Today we’re celebrating some of the exceptional international artists that have attended the School and gone on to make their mark on the classical ballet world...
🌪 NEW online class: Confident consistent pirouettes for dancers aged 14+ with ballet teacher Larissa Bamber 🌪
You will learn:
✔️ What's required for consistent pirouettes
✔️ How to use force and dynamics
✔️ To perform pirouettes with confidence.
Buy:
🎂 Happy Birthday to alumna and Principal of The Royal Ballet Yasmine Naghdi! 🎂
We're looking forward to seeing Yasmine in Christopher Wheeldon's DGV: Danse à grande vitesse
@RoyalOperaHouse
next week!
📸 Young British Dancer of the Year 2009, photographed by Johan Persson
🇯🇵 Audition for The Royal Ballet School in
#Japan
🇯🇵
We will be in
#Toyko
on 12 December auditioning for our full-time training programme.
Find out more:
We're increasing our search for talent!
We will be holding more international auditions in 2018/19 and recruiting students at selected competitions such as
@PrixdeLausanne
and the
@IBStage
Grand Prix.
Where will we see you?
Find out more:
🎈 Happy Birthday to alumna and Principal of The Royal Ballet Marianela Núñez 🎈
Our students are inspired by your strength and grace!
📸 With alumna Connie Vowles at Young British Dancer of the Year competition 2014, photograph by Johan Persson
Join us on Saturday 16 June when we open the gates of White Lodge, Richmond Park, for our annual Summer Fair.
Enjoy the grounds of White Lodge, visit the crafts, food and drinks stalls and watch a Royal Ballet School performance.
Generously supported by
@RHolmesSW19
.
✨ More photographs from The Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet featuring our students and alumni of the School ✨
See the full album:
📸 Photography by ASH
Congratulations to all our alumni on their achievements in The Royal Ballet's 2019/20 promotions 🎉
A special 👏👏👏 to our most recent grads joining The Royal Ballet Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme: Madison Bailey, Liam Boswell, Brayden Gallucci, Bomin Kim and Ginevra Zambon
The Royal Ballet have announced all the promotions, leavers and joiners for the 2019/20 season 🌟
Congratulations and farewells are in order! 🎉👋
Find out the news here:
#ROH1920
✨
#Our2023Graduates
- Bethany Bartlett ✨
Bethany was a Junior Associate before joining White Lodge in Year 7 from Devon. She now dances with The Royal Ballet.
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