The Ballet School

Visit to the ROH

sophie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:56:34 +0000

Last term 14 of our Grade 2 and 3 pupils were fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to visit the Royal Opera House and watch the Royal Ballet Company in their daily class. Big thank you to Rossie from the Education Department for inviting us, the girls loved it and were completely in awe!

Elephant Polo Tournament, Thailand 2008

sophie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:50:59 +0000

Miss Vanessa and Miss Claire have just returned from the annual Elephant Polo Tournament held at the Anantara Resort in Chiang Rai, Thailand. With just one previous season under their belts (Sri Lanka 2006) ‘The London Nellies’ bravely took on some of the world’s best players but had to eventually concede defeat finishing 12th out of 13 teams. However their distinctive team colours (pink and more pink) and winning smiles made them a hot favourite with the crowds!

‘Finding Nemo’ October 2008

sophie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:06:57 +0000

This year’s production will be loosely based on the film, ‘Finding Nemo’ and will take place in October at The Tabernacle Theatre, W11.

Baby arrived

sophie — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:57:47 +0000

Miss Vanessa had a beautiful baby girl called Jasmine Grace on Saturday 29th September. She weighed 7lb 3oz and they are both doing brilliantly.

Baby on the Way

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:57:13 +0000

As is probably quite evident of late Miss Vanessa is expecting a baby! Catherine Moore, an ex-professional dancer and great friend of Miss Vanessa’s has kindly agreed to step in for her for the latter part of the Autumn Term when the burgeoning bulge and imminent arrival of he/she might hamper teaching somewhat! Catherine is coming all the way from her native South Africa to join us and is very much looking forward to meeting everyone in September. Miss Vanessa will be around for the first few weeks of term to introduce Catherine and get her settled in and is hoping to be back again in time for the start of the Spring Term (January 2008).

New Venue

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:56:48 +0000

We are very excited to be opening a second location in January 2008 at St Matthew’s Church, Sinclair Road, Brook Green. If you are interested in registering your child or require more information please contact us on 07904 833984.

Pupils’ News

Administrator — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:33:26 +0000

Francesca Ahern has been offered a place on the Royal Ballet’s Junior Associate Program - big congrats from all of us!

Karlotta Lister-Cheese will be leaving us at the end of this term as her family is re-locating to Switzerland – we hope she will continue to enjoy her ballet at her new school in Geneva.

Maddie, Mia and Rosa Lewin are also off to pastures new (literally!) as they are decamping to the country. Various members of the Lewin clan have been with us since The Ballet School began - a big thank you to them for their ongoing support over the years!

RAD Examinations

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:02:29 +0000

Congratulations to those pupils who have just taken their RAD Graded Examinations - the results were fantastic - everyone passed and was awarded either a Distinction or Merit.

‘One Minute Silence’

Administrator — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:03:50 +0000

‘One Minute Silence‘, a short film produced by Amarillo Films and starring twelve of our pupils has been selected for the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2007. The Festival runs from the 28th July to 3rd August. If you are keen to see it on the big screen and want more information go to www.sohoshorts.com.

Watching the Royal Ballet in Class

Administrator — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:18:33 +0000

We have very kindly been invited by the Royal Opera House Education Department to bring a group of our students to watch the Royal Ballet Company in one of their daily classes. This will be sometime in the Spring Term, details to follow nearer the time.

End of Year Show

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:01:13 +0000

The Ballet School is set to mount its first production at the end of the Summer Term 2008. All pupils will have the opportunity to take part and details will follow nearer the time.