Ex-dancers allege ‘toxic’ culture at top ballet schools
Former students of Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School claim they were bullied and encouraged to lose weight.
Former students of Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School claim they were bullied and encouraged to lose weight.
Zoie Golding and Ollie Webb are 20 years apart in age and experience. Coming from backgrounds where a career in dance would be unl…
The Royal Ballet School has announced plans to work with scientists to unlock advances in performance science that might help trai…
Dancer, choreographer and director, Carlos Acosta, and the Acosta Dance Foundation (ADF) have announced the launch of a new dance…
Throughout the pandemic we heard the mantra 'build back better'. A new dance initiative aims to do just that – placi…
The Royal Ballet School has launched a digital membership programme to widen access for those wanting to support its operation. Th…
When arts organisations embed participation into their core purpose, they can connect with exciting and radical ideas and ensure p…
A series of artist development initiatives focused on practice rather than performance-based outcomes have been launched by Sadler…
The University of Chichester is to become the first institute in the UK to have its Dance Science degree course accredited by the…
In the last in our series on widening participation, Diana Niepce writes: Two burnouts a year is not sustainable for anyone, but&n…
Increasing costs, inflationary pressures and changes to funding have led to the National Portfolio Organisation taking 'tough…
A survey of educators working in higher education institutions finds the number of higher education dance courses and the number o…
Sadler’s Wells has shared details of a choreographic project for schools and youth groups that will offer a chance to perfor…
Study finds dance companies in receipt of most funding – and exerting greater influence on the sector – are more likel…
The national support organisation for dance is offering free safeguading training for the sector. One Dance UK has partnered with…
A former church in Gateshead is set to become a community and arts hub after restoration plans secured funding from the National L…
Dance centre The Place has secured specialist education provider funding from the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS funding progr…
A drama school in Reading has warned that it will be forced to close by the end of the year if it cannot raise sufficient funds wi…
How can cultural policy support freelance performing artists? It's a question Cecilia Dinardi has been asking in her latest re…
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and football team Tottenham Hotspur will work together to improve theatre engagement in young peopl…
Safeguarding young people has become a live issue in schools. Scottish Ballet’s Safe to Be Me® programme is tackling the…
Dance Consortium has just embarked on its 50th tour. Its Chief Executive Joe Bates shares how the universal language of dance…
Employers that cancel productions during the mourning period should honour contracts with workers, performers' union Equity ha…
Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance has opened for a seventh round, inviting applications from companies,…