How do aspiring dancers juggle training and academic work at one of the world’s top training institutions?
It’s that time again: September is suddenly here and the school holidays are over.
But for aspiring dancers at The Royal Ballet School, the hard work continued throughout the summer break. Though the school year ended in July and students returned home from term-time boarding, summer for a dancer allows for no vacation from their vocation.
While other students blew off steam at festivals and on the beach, young dancers spent their long summer days training.
‘It’s less intense than when we are at the school, but you have to keep at it’, says 17-year-old Rowan Shone, who begins his third and final year this September. Shone’s summer was spent at Sadler’s Wells – where he attended the Russian Imperial Ballet Summer School.
‘It’s a good way to maintain the work we’ve done throughout the year at school’, he says.
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