A look inside the Central School of Ballet in London
The full-time Central School of Ballet in London offers a three-year course for 16- to 19-year-olds from Britain and around the world, with students going on to have careers in classical ballet, contemporary dance and musical theatre. In the final year, students join the school’s graduate touring company, Ballet Central, and work towards obtaining the BA (Hons) degree in Professional Dance and Performance.
- Dancers from the Central School of Ballet pose for photographers against a window during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Amy McEntee, as Juliet, and Ruaridh Bisset, as Romeo, dancers from the Central School of Ballet hold a pose for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- From left, Lita Garcia, aged 18, who lived in Spain as a child, Italian students Rahien Testa, aged 19 from Travedona-Monate and Sara Delicati, aged 18 from Perugia, and Spanish student Jaume Ruiz Xifra aged 19 from Barcelona stretch and warm-up as they pose for photographs in a studio at the Central School of Ballet in London, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The full-time senior ballet school offers a three-year course for 16 to 19-year-olds from Britain and around the world, with students going on to have careers in classical ballet, contemporary dance and musical theatre. In the final year, students join the school’s graduate touring company Ballet Central and work towards obtaining the BA (Hons) degree in Professional Dance and Performance. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Dancers from the Central School of Ballet hold poses for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Dancers from the Central School of Ballet pose for photographers against a window during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Dancers from the Central School of Ballet hold poses for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Italian students Rahien Testa, at back, aged 19 from Travedona-Monate, and Sara Delicati, aged 18 from Perugia, run through exercises as they pose for photographs in a studio at the Central School of Ballet in London, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The full-time senior ballet school offers a three-year course for 16 to 19-year-olds from Britain and around the world, with students going on to have careers in classical ballet, contemporary dance and musical theatre. In the final year, students join the school’s graduate touring company Ballet Central and work towards obtaining the BA (Hons) degree in Professional Dance and Performance. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Italian students Rahien Testa, left, aged 19 from Travedona-Monate, and Sara Delicati, aged 18 from Perugia, pose for photographs in a studio at the Central School of Ballet in London, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The full-time senior ballet school offers a three-year course for 16 to 19-year-olds from Britain and around the world, with students going on to have careers in classical ballet, contemporary dance and musical theatre. In the final year, students join the school’s graduate touring company Ballet Central and work towards obtaining the BA (Hons) degree in Professional Dance and Performance. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Moeno Oba, from Japan, a dancer from the Central School of Ballet holds a pose for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Moeno Oba, from Japan, a dancer from the Central School of Ballet holds a pose for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Moeno Oba, from Japan, a dancer from the Central School of Ballet holds a pose for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Moeno Oba, from Japan, a dancer from the Central School of Ballet holds a pose for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- Moeno Oba, from Japan, a dancer from the Central School of Ballet holds a pose for photographers during a photocall in the unfinished interior of their new building on Paris Garden in the Southwark area of London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The school are undertaking a 6 million pound fundraising campaign to finish the building developments and are going on a five-month, 23 date tour around Britain from March 30 onwards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
- From left, Lita Garcia, aged 18, who lived in Spain as a child, Italian students Rahien Testa, aged 19 from Travedona-Monate and Sara Delicati, aged 18 from Perugia, and Spanish student Jaume Ruiz Xifra aged 19 from Barcelona stretch and warm-up as they pose for photographs in a studio at the Central School of Ballet in London, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The full-time senior ballet school offers a three-year course for 16 to 19-year-olds from Britain and around the world, with students going on to have careers in classical ballet, contemporary dance and musical theatre. In the final year, students join the school’s graduate touring company Ballet Central and work towards obtaining the BA (Hons) degree in Professional Dance and Performance. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)