Had a fabulous day Royal Ballet School Upper School in #CoventGarden yesterday watching classes & a brilliant rehearsal for #Paquita . Every year I am blown away by the talent of these 16 to 19 year olds. The next #ballet superstars are here! Thank you to the school & London Ballet Circle

For #TBT , enjoy this charming clip of Vadim Muntagirov talking about La Fille and working with animals 🐴

From our book signing event last year, when Vadim released his inspirational autobiography 'From Small Steps to Big Leaps' 📕

Today is the day for our annual visit to the Royal Ballet School in London. This popular LBC tradition is a joint visit with Ballet Association.

Hope to see you there 😊

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🎉 Save the Date:

We're invited to watch rehearsals of choreography by final year @ENBSchoo students, supported by the LBC 2024 Choreographic Award 🩰

Click to join us on Friday 24 May at 2.00pm:
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For podcast fans:
Check out the Conversations on Dance episode with Phil Chan talking about the new work: “Star on the Rise: La Bayadère … Reimagined!”

conversationsondancepod.com/episodes-trans… 🎙

Had a great time interviewing Ruth Brill online for London Ballet Circle . We covered how she started in theatre & dance - Tring and ENB school - her dance career at ENB and BRB - her choreography - artistic director at London Children’s Ballet - and much more besides. Ruth Brill

Some of our lucky Members are Royal Opera House studios today to watch Royal Ballet principal Yasmine Naghdi teaching class and a variation to students

Thank you Dance Forward 🩰

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You're invited to our next In Conversation zoom with London City Ballet Artistic Director @ChrisMarney and dance writer Deborah Weiss on 13 May.

Free to all LBC Members; guests please book now on our website:
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ICYMI:
Enjoy a clip from our wonderful talk with Isabella Gasparini, First Soloist The Royal Ballet earlier this spring. Isabella talks about her pas de deux experience and doing Sugar Plum in her native Brazil ✨ 🩰 ✨

Over the moon to have Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell as our guest on 20 June at 7:00pm.

Former principal The Royal Ballet, Alexander is the new Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Dance Royal Academy of Dance. We can't wait to hear about his new role.
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With a full heart, the LBC mourns the death & celebrates the life of longtime Trustee Linda Gainsbury. As our former Co-Chair, Linda generously shared her ballet expertise, passion & energy. She will be greatly missed.

Tributes via BalletcoForum:
balletcoforum.com/topic/29695-ca… 💛🙏🌼

☀️ The one day of the year the School is open to the public is back on Saturday 15 June - join us for the PTA Summer Fair at White Lodge, Richmond Park ☀️

Come for tours, performances, Royal Ballet guests, raffle, stalls, street food and more!

Read more: royalballetschool.org.uk/summer-fair/?u…

The Royal Ballet and Opera announced their 2024-25 season with a name change to reflex both The Royal Ballet The Royal Opera companies that call the Royal Opera House home.

theguardian.com/culture/2024/a… By Imogen Tilden via The Guardian

After its successful world premiere and U.K. tour in 2023, Birmingham Royal Ballet's 'Black Sabbath – The Ballet' will return for an international tour in 2024 and 2025 🎸

blabbermouth.net/news/black-sab… via BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Just two days until we zoom with @RuthBrill, choreographer and Artistic Director of London Children’s Ballet LondonChildrenBallet.

Free to all LBC Members. Guests welcome to join us for just £5. Please book now on our website:
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It's all about #Ashton 🩰

Join us Royal Ballet School or via zoom on 29 May for a joint event with The Frederick Ashton Foundation Frederick Ashton Fdn and Margaret Barbieri & Iain Webb of The Sarasota Ballet 🤩

LBC Members and guests are invited to book now on our site:
tlbc.org.uk/events/Ashton

Today we're off to watch a BalletNights rehearsal of IMAGO.

Toi toi toi to Pett|Clausen-Knight for the official UK premier tonight 🙌

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Don't miss a chance to hear from Choreographer, Teacher & Artistic Director @ChrisMarney via zoom on 13 May.

Chris will talk about reforming London City Ballet, after 30 years.

LBC Members attend for free; guests are warmly invited to book for £5:
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Have you booked a slot to attend the Finals of #GradPRO 2024 on 19 May in Birmingham? LBC Members are invited to take advantage of a discounted rate 👍

Come see some wonderful dancers take the next step in their ballet journey supported by GradPRO.
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Today some lucky LBC Members are visiting @NorthernBallet studios in Leeds. They will be treated to a tour and get to watch a rehearsal. Have a great day all.

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