Memorable day with Birmingham Royal Ballet Company!

On Thursday 28th January, Eva, Freya, Daisy and Adele were chosen to attend King Edward VI School for a workshop with the Birmingham Royal Ballet Company, currently performing Swan Lake at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. Nervous but excited at the prospect of the adventure ahead, we arrived at the school and were shown to the dance studio by Miss Baranette, a teacher at King Edward's and organiser of the event.
After stretching and exercising, we started our plies with our instructor, Josh, a dancer at the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He told us the story of Swan Lake and we listened to some music (Dance of the Cygnets). Then, in groups of four, we choreographed our own versions of the famous cygnet dance, which we then performed to the other schools that had joined us.

Performing plies

Finally, we learnt how to mime - miming is acting without speaking and just using body language.
When the day soon came to an end, we got autographs and had our photo taken with Josh.

Budding ballet dancers with Josh

This is a day we will never forget!


Daisy and Freya, Year 6