Royal Ballet School

http://www.royal-ballet-school.org.uk

MISSION AND PURPOSE

Their mission is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top international dance companies, and in doing so to set the standards in dance training, nationally and internationally.

The School offers an eight-year carefully structured dance course, aligned with an extensive academic programme, giving the students the best possible education to equip them for a career in the world of dance.

THEIR GOALS are to:

• Provide, in a caring environment, artistic and academic training of the highest possible calibre, offering all students of the School a positive learning experience which is constantly monitored for potential improvement.


• Achieve recognised accreditation for the vocational curriculum


• Offer students as many performing opportunities as possible


• Ensure that the students have close practical and artistic access to Royal Ballet companies


• Maintain a high employment rate of graduating dancers, with many being recruited to The Royal Ballet or Birmingham Royal Ballet


• Expand the international exposure of the students of the School by participating in international competitions and festivals


• Develop new state-of-the-art, purpose built facilities which will enhance the teaching and learning opportunities for the students.


• Conduct an extensive Audition and Outreach programme

SYSTEM OF TRAINING

The aim of The Royal Ballet School is to produce dancers possessing a strong, clean classical technique with great emphasis on artistry, musicality, purity of line, co-ordination and a quality of movement that is free of mannerisms. The intent is to produce graduates who are capable of integrating effortlessly into The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top professional dance companies.To this end, a System of Training has been developed to encompass the eight years of full-time training offered at The Royal Ballet School. It draws upon the valuable traditions from different schools of classical ballet, retaining the best that was created by our predecessors while embracing the demands of classical dance technique as is required of professional artists today.At all times when utilising the System and training the dancer, emphasis must be placed on natural flow of movement, musicality, the joy of dance and the development of the dancer as an artist.