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Annual Report 2013/14 OUR MISSION OUR YEAR Annual Report 2013/14 OUR MISSION To train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top international dance companies. PRESIDENT HRH The Prince of Wales VICE PRESIDENT The Lady Sarah Chatto ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Christopher Powney FOUNDER Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE GOVERNORS Chairman The Duchess of Wellington OBE Vice Chair Ricki Gail Conway Suneel Bakhshi Jonathan Chenevix-Trench Jonathan Cope CBE Sarah Dorfman Clarissa Farr David Fletcher Candida Hurst-Brown Janet Lambert Professor Margaret Maden Menna McGregor Kevin O’Hare Madeleine Plaut Dr Stephen Spurr Kenneth Steele Robert Wallace Edmund Wallis GOVERNOR EMERITUS The Lady Sainsbury CBE SENIOR STAFF Chief Operating Officer Alan Winter CONTENTS Academic & Pastoral Principal Our Review 2 Karen Davies Chairman’s Review 4 Artistic Director’s Report 6 Assistant Principal Pastoral & Welfare Our Highlights 8 Jill Tait-Harris Outreach & Access Head of Outreach & Access Our Search for Talent 10 Mark Annear Broadening Access to Ballet 14 Our Achievements 16 Head of Development Academic Report 18 Sarah Eliot-Cohen Examination Results 21 Our Finances 22 Head of Finance & Administration Chief Operating Officer’s Report 24 Katherine Gardiner Statement of Financial Activities 25 Balance Sheet 26 Listed as at March 2015. Our Sponsors 28 For a full staff list please visit: royalballetschool.org.uk/staff Sponsors 30 Photo: Johan Persson (student Barnaby Rook Bishop). Cover photo: Johan Persson (Gina Storm-Jensen) (Gina Storm-Jensen) Persson Johan photo: Cover Bishop). Rook (student Barnaby Persson Johan Photo: OUR REVIEW Excellence remains the hallmark of The Royal Ballet School as we reflect on the year in review. Photo: Johan Persson Johan Photo: Photo: Johan Persson Johan Photo: 4 5 CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW More than usually this year I want to congratulate the staff and ‘ It is rewarding in the extreme students of the School for never to be able to report that yet again missing a beat while dealing with 100% of our graduates have some very important changes. gone on to dance with fine ballet companies throughout the world.’ It was with great sadness that we held a service The Duchess of Wellington OBE of thanksgiving in the summer for Gailene Stock Photo: Johan Persson Johan Photo: CBE AM, Director of the School for 15 years. Slater Brian Photo: The Duchess of Wellington OBE The tragedy of her illness and death touched The Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare and graduand Grace Horler us all profoundly. The staff, however, ably led by Jay Jolley as 27 students have secured contracts with 14 companies around the world Acting Director since summer 2013, took on extra this year: responsibilities and found new ways to deliver Reece Clarke The Royal Ballet the highest standards of artistic and academic 100%GRADUATING STUDENTS Calvin Richardson The Royal Ballet teaching. And all this while we were gearing up OFFERED PROFESSIONAL Gina Storm-Jensen The Royal Ballet CONRACTS to some significant restructuring. In the last year several new appointments have been made, the Grace Blundell The Royal Ballet (Aud Jebsen Young Dancer Programme) most important, of course, being our Artistic Grace Horler The Royal Ballet Director, Christopher Powney. (Aud Jebsen Young Dancer Programme) Alexander Bird Birmingham Royal Ballet A selection committee of Governors, the Edivaldo Souza da Silva Birmingham Directors of The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet Royal Ballet and the Chairman of The Royal Ballet Maud-Hélène Treille Bavarian State Governors unanimously chose Mr Powney, who Ballet, Munich started as Artistic Director at the beginning of Adam Russell-Jones Stuttgart Ballet this academic year. He comes with much relevant Drew Nelson Royal Danish Ballet experience. He taught at the Upper School for six Samuel Rees Royal Danish Ballet Photo: Brian Slater Brian Photo: Former Royal Ballet Soloist Kenta Kura, years and most recently was Artistic Director of Mica Bradbury Royal Ballet of Flanders now Artistic Teacher at the School the Dutch National Ballet Academy. Fiona McGee Royal Ballet of Flanders Minoru Kaneko Ballet du Capitole de Previous page: Young British Dancer Under first Jay and then Christopher’s direction we Toulouse of the Year 2014, Erik Woolhouse are moving towards integrating the work of White Madeleine Dowdney Zurich Ballet Right: A Year 7 ballet class at White Lodge Lodge and the Upper School, taking advantage of Kieran Brooks Zurich Ballet new communication technology and the timely Giordana Gallo National Romanian need to reconsider old practices. This has been Ballet warmly welcomed by the staff and students. Alessandro Audisio National Romanian Ballet We continue to manage standstill funding from Ross McCaw National Romanian Ballet the government which in real terms leaves us Barnaby Rook Bishop National Romanian Ballet with an ever-increasing reduction in the grant. Photo: Brian Slater Brian Photo: Giorgio Garrett National Ballet of To this end we have redoubled our efforts to raise Canada money from generous supporters. With their help Dorfman, Ricki Gail Conway, The Sackler Trust, with fine ballet companies throughout the world, Hannah Bettes (2nd Year) Boston Ballet we acquired a new building in Pimlico to house the Garfield Weston Foundation and Stephen and five gaining places with The Royal Ballet and two with Samuel Zaldivar Boston Ballet the Upper School students which will make savings Caroline Butt for their munificent gifts to make Birmingham Royal Ballet. Lily Howes Sarasota Ballet in the long term and provide a much needed this possible. higher standard of accommodation. This work is My personal thanks go to the School Governors who Barny Sharratt Sarasota Ballet underway and should be ready in January 2016. It is rewarding in the extreme to be able to give unstintingly of their time and professionalism The Duchess of Wellington OBE Erin Holloway National Ballet of Uruguay We are particularly indebted to Aud Jebsen, report that yet again 100% of our 2014 and the extraordinary staff who brought the school Chairman Dianyu Wu Singapore Dance Theatre The Linbury Trust, The Monument Trust, Sarah graduating students have gone on to dance through another inspiringly creative year. 6 7 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT As I reflect on the School’s as the dance community were treated to an achievements over the past illustrious line-up of guests each representing the training programmes of Europe’s major year I too would like to ballet schools. recognise the extraordinary accomplishments of my The year also saw some landmark celebrations. As part of the fifth anniversary of the opening predecessor, the late Gailene of the White Lodge Museum & Ballet Resource Stock CBE AM, whose Centre, a special exhibition was mounted Photo: Brian Slater Brian Photo: Photo: Brian Slater Brian Photo: transformational effect on the charting the life of Darcey Bussell as the nation’s Christopher Powney School helped make it a centre favourite ballerina: Darcey Bussell: from Student Year 11 students at White Lodge to Star of The Royal Ballet. We also celebrated of excellence recognised the the 10th birthday of our innovative Dance world over. Partnership & Access programme with a special event in May bringing together all the different She would have been proud of the dedication strands of the initiative. 100%A-LEVEL PASS RATE and exceptional standards maintained by the students during the year, culminating in the Looking to the future, a key part of my vision is YEARS SINCE WHITE LODGE 5MUSEUM OPENED spectacular run of performances at the Royal to review our training to ensure our dancers are Opera House in July. In addition to the enduring equipped to meet the evolving demands and appeal of the closing Défilé, highlights included diversity of company repertoire. As part of this Classical Symphony, a new creation by alumnus I am forging ever stronger links with the Royal Liam Scarlett, and Nureyev’s lavish staging of Companies to ensure we remain informed and the third act of Raymonda. up-to-date. I also believe we need to work harder at developing our students as creative artists and There was an impressive display of artistic thinking performers, able to communicate a story and creative talent by the students at other or emotion effectively on stage beyond a focus Photo: Brian Slater Brian Photo: events during the year. Erik Woolhouse was on the purely technical. Django’s Waltz by Lukas Bjørneboe named the Young British Dancer of the Year Brændsrød, joint winner of the 2014 in the 15th year of the award generously I am honoured to have the opportunity to direct Slater Brian Photo: Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award supported by Ricki Gail Conway. Choreographic one of the world’s most prestigious ballet schools. Darcey Bussell CBE at the opening of honours went to Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød This is a School full of exceptionally talented her exhibition at White Lodge Museum TRAINING TECHNIQUES OF and Kenji Wilkie as joint winners of the Ursula and motivated young dancers and it will be my Moreton Choreographic Award and, at White pleasure to help them to realise their dreams. Lodge, Claudia Nicholson and Gene Goodman I look forward to working with the dedicated received first prize in the Kenneth MacMillan Board and team of The Royal Ballet School to Choreographic Award and Ninette de Valois ensure that the School remains at the forefront Junior Choreographic Award respectively. of dance education. Congratulations to all concerned. EUROPEAN BALLET3 SCHOOLS EXPLORED We continue to see great value in introducing THROUGH OUR FOCUS ON TRAINING SEMINARS students to their international counterparts and different styles of training. In March we Right: Chisato Katsura dancing hosted a visit from American Ballet Theatre Raymonda Studio Company as part of an ongoing exchange programme and in June students of the Royal Christopher Powney Danish Ballet School visited the School.
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