World Ballet School Day

English National Ballet School, introductions at City Island, London on November 02 2019. Photo: Arnaud Stephenson

On Tuesday July 7^th, 2020, the Prix de Lausanne and 11 ballet schools around the world come together to share a message of solidarity in the inaugural World Ballet School Day.

Connecting the next generation of young professional dance artists with young people from around the world, World Ballet School Day highlights the resilience, strength, dedication, talent, intellect and passion of students training at professional ballet and dance schools.

Take a look behind the scenes at some the world’s leading schools and find out what it means to train at a professional level with talks, rehearsal and performance footage filmed both before and during lockdown.

www.worldballetschoolday.com

Twelve schools/institutions from three continents are participating in this inaugural year:

• The Australian Ballet School
• Boston Ballet School
• Dutch National Ballet Academy
• English National Ballet School
• Canada’s National Ballet School
• Palucca University of Dance Dresden
• Paris Opera Ballet School
• Prix de Lausanne
• Royal Ballet School
• Royal Danish Ballet School
• San Francisco Ballet School
• New Zealand School of Dance