Achievements
Many of our students have gone on to successful careers with other schools.
The Royal Ballet
Congratulations to Yasmine Naghdi who has been offered a contract with The Royal Ballet. Yasmine joined The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, half way through Year 8, after her potential was spotted at her Associate Classes. In Year 10 she was the youngest-ever dancer to go through to the finals of the ‘Young British Dancer of The Year’ competition and in 2009 she won First Prize in this competition, at the age of just 15.
Yasmine graduated to the Upper School in September 2009 where she was quickly promoted to the 3rd year. Half way through her graduation year, Monica Mason offered Yasmine a contract, starting in April 2010, to join The Royal Ballet at the age of 17. We all look forward to following Yasmine’s progress as she moves up the ranks within the Company.
English National Ballet
Congratulations to Helena Clark-Maxwell who has been offered an apprentice contract with English National Ballet at the age of 18. Helena was a pupil with WLSD until she was 16; she was also an Mid-Associate and Senior Associate with the Royal Ballet School. Helena joined the Young Dancers Academy in 2007 and went to Havana that summer to attend the Pro Danza Summer School; after graduating from the YDA in July 2008, she was offered a place at the National Ballet School of Cuba. Helena was the first English pupil to graduate from this school in July 2010, after gaining the Gold Award Diploma and coming top of her year. After returning to the UK Helena auditioned with English National Ballet and was offered a contract by Wayne Eagling. We all look forward to following her progress too.
Current students: Nadia Mullova-Barley, James Roxby-Brown
Past students: Leah Andreas, Bert Azis-Clauson, Hermione Bond, Orlando Bond, Elisabeth Finch, Yasmine Naghdi, Rex Wheeler, Tristan Kelly, Fabio Lo Guidice, Georgia Ware
Current: Beth Finch, Sebastian Goffin, Georgia Ware
Congratulations to Yasmine who has just started with The Royal Ballet Company! Yasmine also won the Young British Dancer of the Year in 2009
Past students: Emily Dowse, Shih-hsien Chuang, Yasmine Naghdi
Current: Francesca A’Hern, Tyler Carey, Finn Cooke, Imogen Ginty, Gemma Gullefer, Connor Jordon-Collins, Emilia Kalff, Charlotte Levy, Daniela Norman, Jack Roxby-Brown, Alicia Tolchinsky, Seamus Wilkinson
Past students: Karina Hay, Jason Inniss, Jae Yun Kim, Hillary Miller
Current: Helena Clark-Maxwell
Current: Carys Applebee, Abigail Bulfin, Abigail Stopher, Remi Laudaat, Louise Parkinson
Past pupils: Alexia Anderson-Koutiz, Chloe Halmkim, Sarah Kundi, Oliver Swan-Jackson.
Sarah is now dancing with Ballet Black, Oliver is dancing with Cape Town City Ballet
Current: Laura Booth, Saskie Dixie, Aleksandra Grela-Fotyga, Martina Jones, Jessica Marshall
Charlotte Levy, Moesha Lamptey, Jack Macartney, Isabel O’Neill, Seamus Wilkinson
Elizabeth Marshall
Current: Arielle Smith
Current students: Chiara Major-Collyns, Arthur Williams
Snow White 2009: Charlotte Goffin & Edwina Booth-Clibborn
Ballet Shoes 2010: Charlotte Levy, Moesha Lamptey, Isabel O’Neill
Gisele 2010: Scholarship won by Nafisah Baba
James Donahey was Oliver till September 09
Macauley Keeper as a sewer boy
Bradley White played the role of Jermey in the touring company
My First Ballet Book, by Kingsfisher. Vevey Youth Ballet Performance in Switzerland, 2003, 2004, Students danced at the `Raisa Gorbachev Foundation` party at Althorp House & Hampton Court. Barnardos Charity event at the Barbican Theatre. 3 students performed with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella.
ABT, Pro Danze, Cuba Summer School, American Ballet Theatre, Briansky Saratoga Ballet, Universal Ballet Academy in Washington, Royal Ballet School in Antwerp, Interlochen Centre for the Arts in Michigan, School of American Ballet, The Wells Summer School, Walnut Hill Summer program in Boston, London Contemporary Dance, Pomt l’Abbe International Dance, Kirov Academy summer intensive, Yorkshire Ballet Seminar