☀️ Don’t miss the one day of the year when White Lodge is open to the public! Join us for tours of the School and exclusive performances at our PTA Summer Fair on 13 June. ☀️
Also at the fair:
☀️ Royal Ballet Principal dancers @maymagriofficial and @matty_ball
☀️ Stalls from independent sellers
☀️ Games and crafts
☀️ A raffle with amazing prizes
☀️ Street food and drinks.
🔗 Book tickets for the fair, tours and a mini-photoshoot with our famous Margot Fonteyn statue via the link in our bio.
☀️ Enjoy a summer’s eve in the beautiful grounds of @operahollandpark at our special centenary Summer Performances ☀️
See our rising ballet stars in an exciting mixed bill of classical and contemporary works featuring:
⭐ Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake, Act III
⭐ Our founder Dame Ninette de Valois’ Checkmate
⭐ Christopher Wheeldon’s Christening Suite
⭐ New creations from David Bintley, Cathy Marston, Jessica Lang, Andrew McNicol and Kristen McNally.
🔗 Celebrate our centenary with us from 8-11 July. Book via the link in our bio.
🎥 @shotbyhenrycurtis
✨ This is 100 years. Today marks the first day of our centenary year! ✨
Join us to mark this historic milestone at celebrations throughout the year including:
🖼️ An exhibition at the Royal Opera House
🩰 A series of panel events exploring our legacy
💃 Let’s Dance: a day of free dance classes with us
🇬🇧 Regional insight days at our Associate centres
☀️ A special edition of our Summer Performances
🤫 More exciting events that we can’t tell you about yet!
🔗 Visit the link in our bio to be the first to know when booking opens for each event by signing up to our e-news
📸 @robbiel1 , @tinywindowstudio , @tappon.photography and @dancersdiary
👑 Celebrating the centenary of both the School and our former Patron, Queen Elizabeth II, with two memorable evenings at The King’s Gallery. 👑
Supporters and friends of the School were granted exclusive access to the critically acclaimed exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, the largest display of the monarch’s wardrobe ever staged. Guests had a special introduction from the exhibition’s curator Caroline de Guitaut, and heard from our students about their dance journeys and experiences at the School.
The exhibition provided a fitting context to honour the School’s long and valued relationship with the late Queen, who became Patron in 1956. Today, that connection continues under the patronage of His Majesty The King, with The Lady Sarah Chatto serving as President.
🔗 The exhibition is on until 18 October. Find out more about these events at The King’s Gallery via the link in our bio.
📸 @photography_byash
🎉 Our students proudly wearing the School’s centenary dancewear collection made in collaboration with @freedoflondon 🎉
Our Pre-professional Year students went to see the collection’s campaign on display at the Freed of London store in Covent Garden, shot by @photography_byash .
🔗 Shop the collection via the link in our bio.
🎥 @tappon.photography
🎨🍎 Join us for a very special evening at Apple Covent Garden 🍎🎨
In celebration of our centenary, join us at the Apple store in Covent Garden on 20 May for a live drawing session with our incredible dancers and Artistic Director Iain Mackay, guided by Royal Drawing School illustrator Lena Yokoyama.
🔗 The session is free but places are limited. Find out more and sign up via the link in our bio.
📸 @photography_byash
#todayatapple #thisis100years #royalballetschool
☀️ See excerpts from our upcoming Summer Performances at the School’s PTA Summer Fair at White Lodge on 13 June ☀️
Students will be performing their own choreography as well as excerpts from classical works and new pieces created especially for our centenary Summer Performances.
You can also enjoy at the fair:
☀️ Tours of the School
☀️ Special guests from The Royal Ballet, @matty_ball and @maymagriofficial
☀️ Stalls from independent sellers
☀️ Street food and drink
☀️ Crafts and games
☀️ A raffle with incredible prizes.
🔗 Find out more and book via the link in our bio.
📸 @rachelcherryphotographer
90% of students rely on financial support to attend the School. Leaving a gift in your will helps talented young artists, regardless of background, access world-class training and opportunities to perform at the highest level.
We’ve partnered with MyIntent to offer our community the opportunity to write your will for free.
🔗 Find out more and leave a lasting legacy via the link in our bio.
🎥 @shotbyhenrycurtis
🌏 In honour of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday today, we are delighted to share choreography by Year 8 student, Will, inspired by Sir David’s commitment to conservation. 🌏
Will created, There Is No Planet B, for our annual Ursula Moreton Emerging Choreographer performance.
🎥 @shotbyhenrycurtis@bbcearth@gretathunberg
📸 Inside the studio of our Centenary Summer Performances’ rehearsals with alumni Christopher Wheeldon OBE, Cathy Marston and Sir David Bintley 📸
Our Upper School students have had the incredible opportunity to work with these esteemed choreographers who began their choreographic journeys as students at the School.
⭐️ Christopher Wheeldon has been re-staging Christening Suite with our Pre-professional Year students
⭐️ Cathy Marston has been creating a new work, A Line in Reflection, on our 2nd Year students
⭐️ Inspired by French choreographer and dancer, Pierre Beauchamp, David Bintley has created new work, Beauchamp’s Garden, on our 1st Year and Pre-professional Year students.
🔗 See more photos and book our Summer Performances via the link in our bio.
📸 @photography_byash
🎨 Six White Lodge prize winners show work at the Young Art 2026 Exhibition 🎨
Year 9 students Chien-Ning, Myles, Eliana, Alba and Ryleigh and Year 11 student Ayuka, attended a private view of the Young Art Exhibition at Christie’s, where their artworks on the theme ‘here and now’ were chosen to be shown and awarded Highly Commended and Commended certificates.
Young Art is an annual charity exhibition of children’s paintings, drawings and prints which raises funds for research into childhood cancers. Over 5,400 young people aged from 4 to 18 from 59 schools enter the competition every year.
🔗 Find out more via the link in our bio.
