The Royal Ballet School has announced a new collaboration with The Australian Ballet School – bringing together two of the world’s leading classical ballet schools. The project, aiming to elevate the development of dance educators across the sector, will bring The Royal Ballet School ‘s renowned dance teacher training to Australia later this year.  From […] The post THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL & THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET SCHOOL TO COLLABORATE first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

Featuring a World Premiere by Sir Wayne McGregor CBE Special “Encore Stream” offers global audiences a one-day-only chance to watch The Royal Ballet’s sole U.S. engagement this year Jacob’s Pillow is excited to share that free public access is now available worldwide for a special 24-hour “Encore Stream” of Saturday’s performance by The Royal Ballet […] The post Free Limited On-Demand Stream of The Royal Ballet @ Jacob’s Pillow first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

Aljaž Škorjanec will return to the Strictly Come Dancing Ballroom as a Professional Dancer for the brand-new series. After a two year hiatus, fan favourite Aljaž is waltzing back onto our screens for the 20th year of the nation’s favourite dance show. The news was revealed this evening (Monday 8 July) on The One Show. […] The post Aljaž Škorjanec returns to the Strictly Come Dancing Ballroom as a Professional Dancer first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

Here are the Royal Ballet School graduate contracts for the class of 2024 Joseph Birtles Clarke Dutch National Ballet Junior Company Sigurd Blystad Norwegian National Ballet 2 Ravi Cannonier-Watson The Royal Ballet Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme Tom Cape The National Ballet of Canada Yasmin Caynak Balletto di Milano (apprenticeship) Jules Chastre Norwegian National Ballet […] The post The Royal Ballet School Graduate Contracts for the Class of 2024 first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Saturday 6th July 2024 Opening with the swags from Paquita was a bold move. Excerpts from Marius Petipa’s choreography challenged the students, and they were undaunted by the test. The corps de ballet & demi soloists were sensational; on full beam across […] The post The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2024 Review first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

Carlos Acosta, Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, has today announced promotions within the Company and new joiners for the 2022/23 season saying:  ‘What a season we have had. From last autumn’s sold out premiere of Black Sabbath – The Ballet to our most successful tours of The Sleeping Beauty and BRB2, we also had our first European tour in over a […] The post BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET ANNOUNCES LEAVERS, PROMOTIONS AND JOINERS first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare today announces promotions, new joiners and leavers for The Royal Ballet’s 2024/25 Season. Promotions Calvin Richardson and Joseph Sissens are promoted to Principal. Annette Buvoli, Leticia Dias, Sae Maeda, Mariko Sasaki, Lukas B. Brandsred, Leo Dixon and Joonhyuk Jun are promoted to First Soloist. Sophie Allnatt, Chisato Katsura, […] The post The Royal Ballet Promotions first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

The Royal Ballet loses two long-standing Soloists Gina Storm-Jensen After 11 years, The Royal Ballet Soloist Gina Storm-Jensen will be leaving the Company to return home & join The Norwegian National Ballet, where she has spent the last year as a guest dancer. Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, said: ‘Since joining the Company, […] The post Gina Storm-Jensen & David Yudes leave The Royal Ballet first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

Hannah Galway Promoted to First Soloist Emerson Dayton, Keaton Leier and Isaac Wright Promoted to Second Soloist   David Tory Award and Patron Award of Merit Winners Announced Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced promotions for the 2024/25 season: Hannah Galway to First Soloist and Emerson Dayton, Keaton Leier and Issac Wright to Second Soloist. […] The post Here Are The 2024/25 Promotions from The National Ballet of Canada first appeared on Ballet News ..read more

The Royal Ballet School has appointed Iain Mackay as its next Artistic Director following an extensive international search.  This follows the news in January this year that Christopher Powney would step down at the end of the academic year after a decade in the post.  Educated at The Royal Ballet School’s Upper School, on graduating, […] The post THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL APPOINTS IAIN MACKAY AS NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR first appeared on Ballet News ..read more