Royal Ballet School News 2010
Graduate Contracts
- The Royal Ballet Sander Blommaert, James Butcher, Yasmine Nagdhi
- Birmingham Royal Ballet William Bracewell, Machi Moritaka
- English National Ballet Barry Drummond, Angela Wood
- Northern Ballet Theatre Matthew Broadbent
- Scottish Ballet Nicole Cato, Imogen Chapman
- Wayne McGregor Random Dance Louis McMiller
- Boston Ballet Duncan Lyle
- Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux Ashley Whittle
- Cape Town City Ballet Jon Savage
- Dresden Ballet Colombe Hays, Mari Kawanishi
- Estonian Ballet Hannah Carter
- Karlsruhe State Theatre of Baden Harriet Mills
- Royal New Zealand Ballet Paul Russell
- Stuttgart Ballet Nicholas Jones
- Vienna State Opera Ballet Ashley Taylor
- Zurich Ballet Dario Elia, Philip Helme
Ballet Association Awards 2010
At the Royal Ballet School Graduation Ceremony, after July's school performance in the Royal Opera House, Chairman David Bain presented the Ballet Association’s Annual Awards to this year’s recipients, Claudia Dean and Lachlan Monaghan. Both from Australia, they enter their graduate year this autumn. Claudia was particularly prominent in the School’s Matinée dancing in Fractals and the lead in the third movement of Concerto. Our awards of £500 each are made to overseas students to help with their studies. We hope to invite both to meet members at a meeting later in the year.
Director Gailene Stock wrote offering "sincere thanks to all at the Ballet Association for the ongoing support of the training of our young dancers." Speaking of this year’s recipients, she wrote: "As well as being talented, they are both delightful young people and will be most appreciative of the support these prizes so generously provide."