English National Ballet School

Chukkas to our Director of Dance Viviana Durante ahead of her company’s first preview performance of Isadora Now at the Barbican tonight!
Viviana Durante leads an all female ensemble in a triple bill paying tribute to the modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan at the Barbican until 29 Feb! 💃

Very proud to see our former student Stina Quagebeur win the Emerging Artist Award at the National Dance Awards yesterday, becoming the first choreographer to win in this category! Congratulations Stina! 👏 👏 👏

#TutuTuesday - from Andrew McNicol’s Finale, created for our 2019 Winter Showcase. Andrew will be creating a brand new work for our Summer Performances at the Peacock Theatre on the 18 & 19 July.
Tickets on sale now. See here for details: http://bit.ly/summerperformance2020
📸 by Laurent Liotardo

#FridayFeeling - the wonderful Ruth Brill has been in the studio recently alongside ballet tutor Juan Eymar and acting coach Patricia Doyle to work with our 2nd year students on My First Ballet: Cinderella. 💫
We can’t wait to see what she creates for them when the show opens at the Peacock Theatre on 9 April 💫
https://www.ballet.org.uk/produ…/my-fir st-ballet-cinderella/

Today’s #WednesdayWisdom comes from Kristen McGarrity who we are thrilled to welcome to English National Ballet School.
Kristen brings a wonderful breadth of experience to our 3rd year students, from dancing with Birmingham Royal Ballet to recently performing the lead role in Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris and coaching at The Royal Ballet.
📸 by @yellowbellyphoto

Tickets are now on sale for our Summer Performances at the Peacock Theatre on 18 and 19 July. Featuring works and presentations by Akram Khan Company, Andrew McNicol, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Didy Veldman and more!
Come and see the ballet stars of the future: http://bit.ly/summerperformance2020
📸 by Laurent Liotardo

This week we welcomed back the internationally acclaimed dancer and former Royal Ballet Principal Ivan Putrov to work with our 3rd year boys. A huge thank you to Ivan, it’s been a pleasure to have you back in School.
#ballet #balletboys #boysdoballet

Are you a young dancer based outside of the UK? Apply now for our overseas auditions, taking place on 20 March.
Deadline for applications 6 March see here for more info: http://www.enbschool.org.uk/editorial.php ?ref=information

My First Ballet returns this spring with a brand new production of the family favourite Cinderella, choreographed by former student Ruth Brill.
Performed by our 2nd year students, this unique collaboration with English National Ballet is the perfect introduction to the magic of ballet.
https://www.ballet.org.uk/produ…/my-fir st-ballet-cinderella/

Today’s #MondayMotivation comes courtesy of 3rd year student Eric Snyder, who is competing in @prixdelausanne this week! Here he is at registration day yesterday!
#ballet #dance #dancer #prixdelausanne #balletschool

There are only a few days left to apply for our Summer Intensive! 💃
Running from the 20 July - 14 August, this intensive course is taught by our world renowned teaching staff and guest artists and will be held at our new home in East London.🕺🏻
Deadline to apply is Friday 31 January. For more details see http://bit.ly/2Cd7f0W
... 📸 by Photography by ASH
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An important part of our students’ training is learning traditional character and folk dances. Our 3rd Year Students have been working with renowned Character Dance Teacher Amanda Maxwell on Polish dances this week, here they are with her after class this afternoon 🕺🏻 💃
#balletschool #ballettraining #danceschool #ballet #dance #ballerina #dancer

Come and work with us! This is your last chance to apply for our General Manager (Maternity Cover) role. 🩰
This part time position is instrumental in the smooth running of the school and comes as we prepare for our exciting move to our new home in East London. Deadline: 27 Jan
For details see: http://bit.ly/2Xofn8N
... 📸 by Photography by ASH
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We’re thrilled that former English National Ballet School student Ruth Brill will be choreographing My First Ballet: Cinderella for our students this year 🧹 🎃
Of working on this production Ruth said: "I'm passionate about making ballet accessible to everyone. I hope this production will provide an opportunity for some of our audience members to catch the 'ballet bug'." 🩰
This unique collaboration with English National Ballet for children 3+ comes to the West End’s Peacock Th...eatre this spring before going on a UK tour. See www.ballet.org.uk for tickets and details 💫
📷 Dasa Wharton
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What an honour it was for our 3rd Year students to be part of English National Ballet’s 70th Anniversary Gala 💃 🕺🏻 Here they are backstage after performing The Reel from La Sylphide and Akram Khan’s Giselle 👏👏👏 A huge thank you to Tamara and the whole company for including us in this wonderful celebration. Here’s to the next 70 years... 🥳 🎉 🎊 #ENB70 #ballet #balletdancer #balletschool #ballerina #dance #dancer #celebration
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Ahead of our move this spring we took some of our students down to London City Island to take a look at our new home that we’ll share with English National Ballet.
From auditions to join the School this September to intensive short courses and our popular ENBS Juniors programme, see www.enbschool.org.uk for details of how you can be part of English National Ballet School.

Are you a male dancer aged 16-18? If so why not audition to join English National Ballet School?
We’re looking for new male students to join us this September. London auditions take place at our new home at London City Island on the 18 Jan, 15 Feb, 20 & 21 March. For more details see http://bit.ly/ENBSauditions
📸 by Tim Cross

We've been busy updating our website over the winter break. Head on over to www.enbschool.org.uk to take a look and get a sneak peek of our future home that we'll move into this spring!