News
The'School Opens Applications For Year 9 Entry 2025
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (27+ words) Following a review of the audition process, The Royal Ballet School will open applications for students wishing to audition for Year 9 entry to the School's...
Introducing The Gillian Lynne Award For Choreographic Innovation
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (20+ words) In honour of'renowned dancer, director and choreographer'Dame Gillian Lynne's trailblazing choreographic work'and on what would have been her 100th...
Introducing The School's Exclusive Centenary'Clothing Collection'
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (243+ words) We are pleased to'release'a'limited-edition centenary'clothing'collection, now available online and in store at Upper School and White Lodge, to...
The School Announces Future Changes To Upper School Full-time Training Audition
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (171+ words) We are'pleased to announce a change to'full-time'training at The Royal Ballet School's Upper School." Effective from September 2026. 2nd Year students will no longer'be required'to audition to enter the'Pre-professional'(3rd) Year at Upper School, and will instead take part in an assessment process,…...
The Royal Opera House Opens Part One Of The Royal Ballet School's Centenary Exhibition, Designed By Exhibitions Curator Robin Footitt
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (395+ words) There are two sets of cases by the box office in the shop and the main case in the lobby, which is closest to the auditorium. I usually try to show a balance of ballet and opera in terms of…...
Alum And Artist Jake Walker On Creating Movement Through Brushstrokes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (820+ words) I'm'realising'how amazing it was as a child to be'in'an opera house, see backstage and see all the dancers. I take my friends to the'Royal'Opera'House now and can say'that's'what I was doing, those'child'parts.'And it was when I was so young,…...
School Supporters Celebrate Centenary At The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
1+ week, 2+ day ago (487+ words) Guests'departed'with Fortnum & Mason goodie bags accompanied by many words of thanks and appreciation for a memorable and meaningful evening." On Thursday, the programme continued with a reception that offered a broader reflection on the School's centenary year and its ongoing…...
100 Stories: Nandita Shankardass
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1118+ words) We spoke with Nandita this April as she returned to White Lodge for the first time since she graduated 28 years ago. She fondly recalled her'favourite'memories as a student and expressed how the choreographic'programme'planted the seeds for her thriving'artistic career as…...
Four'Pre-professional Year Students Perform In The YAGP International Dance School Festival At Lincoln Center'
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (212+ words) Grand Pas Classique'and'Rhapsody'are both very challenging," said Ivan. I found it interesting that'I enjoy them both very much despite them being'very different.'Grand Pas Classique'is a big classic, pure,'elegant'and technical demonstration'whilst'Rhapsody'happens more by motion, and the music drives you…...
Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer 2026
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (400+ words) When Dame Ninette de Valois founded her Academy of Choreographic Art in 1926, she planted the seeds for'the world's leading choreographers to thrive over the next century and beyond.'Her dream is truly alive and well, as'demonstrated'by'this year's edition of the…...