The course is for dancers who will be aged 16 to 19 on 31 August of the course year and who already have a good base and strong foundation relevant to their age. The School states that students should be regularly attending classes and studying either a recognised syllabus or their dance school’s method of training.
Dancers may choose a two-week, a three-week or a five-week course inside the School’s five-week Summer Intensive period at Upper School.
In one of the School’s boarding houses. Dancers aged 16 to 17 stay at Aud Jebsen Hall in Pimlico on full board. Dancers aged 18 to 19 stay at Jebsen House in Covent Garden on full board with food vouchers for meals from the Royal Opera House.
Students are selected from the photographs and information they submit with their application. Applicants for the selective course aged 10 to 19 need to submit photographs as part of the application.
Classes are taught by The Royal Ballet School’s Artistic staff, in some cases the Artistic Director, and guest teachers. Dancers from The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet often appear as guest teachers. All teaching staff are required to comply with the School’s safeguarding policies.
The residential course fee covers tuition and full board accommodation in one of the School’s boarding houses. An application fee is charged separately for applicants aged up to eighteen — see the extras on this page.
Classical ballet technique, Pointe, Repertoire, Character, Solos, Pas de Deux, Stagecraft and Jazz, in the School’s studios at Upper School in Covent Garden.
Yes. Dancers finish the course with a cool down, a reflection session and a certificate presentation at the end of the day.
No. The School states that this course does not function as an audition for its other programmes.
Yes. Applications for the selective Summer Intensive open in the autumn and close in January, several months before the course begins.
