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.
Services
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reviews (12)
William Swales
Dec 04, 2019
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If one wishes to learn ballet and or pursue a career in ballet - in all of its many aspects from dance to choreography and stagecraft then forget the rest because The Royal Ballet School is the BEST.
Their artists consistently outshine all who pursue the vocation elsewhere and nobody - not even RAD - can match Royal Ballet School stream of talented dedicated committed highly-driven people from all walks of life who MAKE success their driving force and deliver their art at the highest level they can muster from within themselves.
Their artists consistently outshine all who pursue the vocation elsewhere and nobody - not even RAD - can match Royal Ballet School stream of talented dedicated committed highly-driven people from all walks of life who MAKE success their driving force and deliver their art at the highest level they can muster from within themselves.
Elizabeth Lucy De Branson
Nov 24, 2019
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Website a scam
It says clearly: apply for audition and audition dates, having a reply after 2 weeks by email no places allocated. No audition or even invitation, No explanation that is £36 you will pay only for application to submit, I paid for few online. If you do good business, please make sure to be intelligent.
It says clearly: apply for audition and audition dates, having a reply after 2 weeks by email no places allocated. No audition or even invitation, No explanation that is £36 you will pay only for application to submit, I paid for few online. If you do good business, please make sure to be intelligent.
Mary Ewart
Sep 22, 2019
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Fantastic summer intensive experience. Not only for classical ballet, but also great workshops in movement and contemporary. In my observation, I was impressed by the ability of the instructor to give mindful guidance to each student. The Royal Ballet School not only trains great dancers, but obviously also trains great teachers.
Louise Smith
Aug 06, 2019
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Christina Roka
Jul 21, 2019
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Caroline McCann
Jul 10, 2019
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Jane Sprague
Jun 28, 2019
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Wendy Leigh
Apr 16, 2019
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Leslie A. Domittner-Cardona
Mar 13, 2019
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It is the most complete education I ever received as student of dance. A health conscious, supportive institution with excellent, healthy training which allows students to have happy, long careers (if they wish it) and I wish I could have remained there for a longer period of time but as an international student, there were time restrictions.
Froso Alexandrou
Feb 17, 2019
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Hannah Payne
Aug 12, 2017
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Sunita Dunkley
Jan 06, 2016
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A great ballet school and an encore dibble opportunity for children to express themselves in the performing arts however I very much disagree that to get in you don't just need to be an exdrordanary dancer but also your bodies is an impact on wether you get in or not as you almost need to be anorexic to peform with the "perfect body ". I believe children do not need to be inspired to be this barbie doll like figure and teens do not need this criticism which is makeing teens go home and hardly eat to live up to there standards
