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13 July 2012
The Royal Ballet School partners Leo the Lion to raise money for The Prince’s Trust
Last night (Thursday 12 July) The Royal Ballet Upper School in Covent Garden played host to celebrated British popular singer Leo Ihenacho and his band as part of his 24:24 project to raise money for ...
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05 July 2012
New book about Ninette de Valois launched at The Royal Ballet School.
On Monday 2 July, more than 100 people from across the British dance world came to the Upper School in Covent Garden to attend the launch event for a new book focussing on the life and influence of the ...
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12 June 2012
Isabella Plantation Access Project Gala Performance at White Lodge: Wednesday 20 June at 6.30pm
The Royal Ballet Lower School will host a Gala event at White Lodge on Wednesday 20 June 2012 to raise funds in support of the Isabella Plantation Access Project in Richmond Park.
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05 June 2012
Richmond Comes to Richmond
Richmond Ballet (USA) comes to London for the first time in June as part of an exchange with The Royal Ballet School.
Following a successful Graduate tour to Richmond, Virginia in 2011, The ...
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04 May 2012
First Diamond Jubilee public event takes place at White Lodge
The first of several public events being held at White Lodge to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place last night. Janiculum – an extraordinary group of musicians specialising ...
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20 April 2012
Diamond Jubilee Celebrations begin at White Lodge
Former Royal Ballet School student and Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet, Lauren Cuthbertson, together with the School’s Chairman, the Marchioness of Douro OBE, are to plant The Princess May ...
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12 April 2012
Royal Ballet School student to choreograph new ballet for major UK dance event
Graduate year student Sebastian Goffin has been commissioned by Monica Mason, Director of The Royal Ballet, to create a pas de deux as part of a gala celebrating Bob Lockyer’s 70th birthday. The ...
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05 April 2012
The Royal Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company reunite in London
The partnership between The Royal Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company continues this Spring - the latest development of a long term educational exchange programme launched between ...
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30 March 2012
Ninette de Valois Junior Choreographic Award – winners announced
The Ninette de Valois Junior Choreographic Award was held at the Lower School on Thursday 29 March.
Part of the School’s extensive choreographic training programme, entry for this award ...
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30 March 2012
Ninette de Valois Junior Choreographic Award – winners announced
The Ninette de Valois Junior Choreographic Award was held at the Lower School on Thursday 29 March.
Part of the School’s extensive choreographic training programme, entry for this award ...
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23 March 2012
Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award: 2012 winners announced
The 2012 Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award was held at the Upper School on Friday 23 March. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2013, the Ursula Moreton Award forms a central part of the BTEC National ...
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16 March 2012
Top author Philip Reeve visits White Lodge
On Friday 9 March Philip Reeve, award-winning author of young people’s fiction, treated Years 7, 8 and 9 to a compelling talk.
He described how he had been inspired to write his first ...
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10 March 2012
Young British Dancer of the Year 2012 - Winner Announced
First Year student of The Royal Ballet School, Reece Clarke, has been named Young British Dancer of the Year 2012.
The Final of the 13th YBDY took place at the Linbury Studio Theatre at the ...
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04 March 2012
Young British Dancer of the Year 2012 - Semi Finals results announced
More than 80 British ballet students representing 17 ballet schools from all over the UK entered the Young British Dancer of the Year 2012, hosted at The Royal Ballet Upper School.
Thanks to ...
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19 February 2012
De Valois Super Sunday
On Sunday, 19 February ballet teachers had the opportunity to learn the Ninette de Valois advanced girls syllabus from former teacher of The Royal Ballet School, Denise Winmill.
De Valois - ...
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10 February 2012
Special Educational Project engages with students from four state schools
Last December, Dame Monica Mason DBE visited the Upper School to talk with 2nd Year students about the ballet ‘Les Noces’ as part of their BTEC National Diploma in Dance.
Dame Monica ...
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03 February 2012
Unique Educational project culminates at The Royal Ballet Upper School
A unique five-month project between The Royal Ballet School and the Trinity Laban Centre for Advanced Training culminated at the Upper School on Friday, 3 February with a performance by 58 students from ...
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25 January 2012
Royal Ballet School students to join The Royal Ballet
Following a visit to the School by Monica Mason and Kevin O’Hare on Friday 20 January, two Graduate students have been offered contracts with The Royal Ballet.
Manchester-born Tierney ...
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24 January 2012
The Royal Ballet School enters age of Social Media
Yesterday (24 January) The Royal Ballet School launched its official Facebook page which will enable the School to communicate proactively with a much wider audience.
The Facebook page has ...
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20 January 2012
Surprise Visitor for Junior Associates
The Royal Ballet School’s Junior Associates class at the Upper School got a nice surprise on Saturday, 21 January when an unexpected visitor dropped in towards the end of their weekly class with ...
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09 January 2012
The Royal Ballet School receives outstanding report from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
Students and staff of The Royal Ballet School returned for the first day of term today with the announcement of positive news for the new year!
The Independent Schools Inspectorate, who conducted ...
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15 December 2011
Kenneth MacMillan Senior Choreographic Award 2011 – winners announced
The annual Kenneth MacMillan Senior Choreographic Award took place at the Lower School, White Lodge on 15 December 2011.
Sponsored by Lady MacMillan, the Senior Choreographic Award is designed ...
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07 December 2011
Lynn Seymour Award – Winners Announced
The annual Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance took place yesterday at The Royal Ballet Upper School. The judges were Director of The Royal Ballet, Dame Monica Mason, and Award sponsor and drama coach, ...
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04 December 2011
Two Royal Ballet School students selected for national choreographic education scheme.
Second year students of The Royal Ballet Upper School, Marcelino Sambé and Maud-Helene Treille, have both been selected from 53 aspiring young choreographers to participate in a scheme entitled ...
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03 December 2011
Students from The Royal Ballet School and Trinity Laban Conservatoire in collaborative educational project
On Saturday, 3 December The Royal Ballet Upper School 1st Year students visited Trinity Laban Conservatoire for a day of creative workshops with their counterparts at this leading centre of music and ...
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02 December 2011
Dame Monica Mason launches education project at The Royal Ballet School
On Friday, 2 December Director of The Royal Ballet, Dame Monica Mason DBE came to the Upper School to talk with 2nd Year students about the ballet Les Noces. She was joined by Christopher Newton who, ...
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19 November 2011
Miracle at White Lodge
On Saturday 19 November, White Lodge played host to a special re-creation of Robert Helpmann’s 1944 ballet 'Miracle in the Gorbals', to music by Arthur Bliss and with original designs by Edward ...
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04 November 2011
Northumberland Rappers at the Royal Opera House
On 4 November 2011, five Year 11 students of The Royal Ballet Lower School presented a display of Northumberland Rapping as part of a special ‘Insight’ event at the Clore Studio upstairs at ...
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01 November 2011
Royal Ballet School Graduate becomes Scottish Ballet’s new Artistic Director
Scottish Ballet’s Chair of the Board of Directors, Zoe van Zwanenberg, has announced that Christopher Hampson, a former student of The Royal Ballet School is to become Artistic Director of Scotland’s ...
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20 October 2011
Strictly Come Dancing Couple Take Ballet Class at The Royal Ballet School
Olympic super-heavyweight champion, Audley Harrison and his dancing partner Natalie Lowe paid a visit to The Royal Ballet Upper School in Covent Garden on Wednesday 19 October to take a class led by the ...
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19 October 2011
Poirot shoots The Royal Ballet School
On Tuesday 18 October, one of our most distinguished actors David Suchet CBE, visited The Royal Ballet Lower School at White Lodge, Richmond Park. Mr Suchet is most famous for playing Agatha Christie’s ...
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18 October 2011
Royal Ballet Lower School student shortlisted for prestigious Richmond poetry competition
A poem entitled Seasons of the Park, written by Year 8 White Lodge student Daniel Myers, has been shortlisted from a total of 650 entries in this year’s Poetry in the Park competition.
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13 October 2011
40 students from four Music and Dance Scheme Schools join forces at The Royal Ballet School for anniversary celebration.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Society of Heads of Independent Schools (SHMIS) hosted an event entitled Golden Celebrations at The Royal Ballet Upper School on 12 October.
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25 September 2011
Tamara Rojo’s Super Sunday inspires young students
Royal Ballet Principal Dancer, Tamara Rojo, was special guest teacher for the first Super Sunday of the year which yesterday attracted 25 aspiring young female dancers, including some who had travelled ...
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21 September 2011
Fascinatin’ Rhythm!
Second year students at the Upper School took part in a special workshop today, led by Brazilian-born master percussionist, Adriano Adewale. The workshop is part of Take One Step, the title of this year’s ...
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19 September 2011
Open House 2011
Over 1200 members of the general public visited both the Lower School at White Lodge, Richmond Park and the Upper School in Covent Garden, Floral Street as part of Open House on Saturday 17 and Sunday ...
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25 August 2011
Congratulations and celebrations
Following fast on the heels of 100% passes at A-level and BTec at the Upper School, students at The Royal Ballet Lower School at White Lodge have received triumphant GCSE results, emphasising the School’s ...
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24 August 2011
White Lodge Reunion: Now we Are 70!
On Sunday 21 August, a historic reunion took place at White Lodge. Around 30 of the Lower School’s first boarders gathered in the Sarah Dorfman Salon for lunch, drinks and reminiscences. The event ...
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19 August 2011
The Royal Ballet School reports triumphant exam results
The Royal Ballet School is again celebrating excellent A Level results this year.
This year, in addition to their regular training and academic studies, many of the A Level students ...
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18 August 2011
Royal Ballet School student to perform in world premiere of The Metamorphosis
Royal Ballet School student, Laura Day, is to perform alongside Royal Ballet Principal Dancer (and former RBS student) Edward Watson in a new dance-theatre version of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis ...
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