Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other leading UK and international companies, and to inspire the future of classical ballet training. The Royal Ballet School is a charity and as such relies on the generosity of individuals, companies, trusts and foundations to continue to be able to provide world class training and opportunities for students.
Graduation 2021 After an exceptional and challenging year, our 3rd Year students gave an incredible performance at the Royal Opera House, including. Exciting changes to our audition process After a review of our auditions process, applications are opening and closing earlier than in previous yea. 3rd Year students in Kenneth MacMillan's Elite Syncopations 32 Summer Performances from The Royal Ballet School We were delighted to see.
Graduation 2021 After an exceptional and challenging year, our 3rd Year students gave an incredible performance at the Royal Opera House, including. Exciting changes to our audition process After a review of our auditions process, applications are opening and closing earlier than in previous yea. 3rd Year students in Kenneth MacMillan's Elite Syncopations 32 Summer Performances from The Royal Ballet School We were delighted to see.
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History
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Our Ballet History Timeline is an online tool that relates to the wider history of Classical ballet as a theatre art form. Set out as an easy-to-explore linear chronology, the Timeline is illustrated by archival treasures from The Royal Ballet School Special Collections, allowing these wonderful items to be seen online for the first time, and appreciated within their proper historical context.
About
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The Royal Ballet School is one of the world's greatest centres of classical ballet training, which for generations has produced dancers and choreographers of international renown including Margot Fonteyn, Anya Linden, Kenneth MacMillan, Lynn Seymour, David Wall, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Marguerite Porter, Stephen Jefferies, Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope.
Academic & boarding
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The Royal Ballet School gives talented dancers the chance to pursue a career in classical ballet, alongside their academic education. Students train full-time in classical ballet alongside their regular academic studies. Entry is by audition and hard work and dedication is required to progress through the school.
Facilities
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A former Royal hunting lodge, White Lodge in Richmond Park became home to The Royal Ballet School's younger students in 1955. Since then, there has been continuous development of its facilities in order to keep it at the forefront of ballet training in the UK. Most recently was an extensive 22 million, three year redevelopment, completed in 2009.
Alumni
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Since it started in 1926, the School has trained many of the world's finest classical dancers - including Margot Fonteyn, Kenneth MacMillan, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Anya Linden, Jonathan Cope and Darcey Bussell. Today, the School continues to develop the talent and technique of young dancers and choreographers from all over the world, some of whose names may, one day, be as illustrious as those before them.
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