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Royal Academy of Dance receives funding to train the next generation of dance teachers

23 April 2026

The Royal Academy of Dance and The Frederick Ashton Foundation announce partnership for this year’s Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition

25 March 2026

Boys who dance: the impact of dance on mental health

17 February 2026

Royal Academy of Dance to participate in Let’s Dance 2026

6 February 2026

Dance’s positive impact on cancer patients

4 February 2026

School students put on their dancing shoes to Step Around Town 2025

19 May 2025

Royal Academy of Dance celebrates its transformative Children’s Scholarship Scheme

29 January 2025

Young people from London and Essex participate in Battle: Break-It-Down at Royal Academy of Dance 

7 February 2025

Royal Academy of Dance’s The Fonteyn comes to Brazil 

10 February 2025

Royal Academy of Dance receives Kenneth MacMillan’s archive

28 November 2024

Royal Academy of Dance and mental health charity SANE to raise awareness of the power of dance

5 November 2024

Announcing the winners of the Bedells Bursary 2024

4 November 2024

The RAD announces the winners of The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2024

8 September 2024

The RAD announces the finalists of The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2024

6 September 2024

The RAD announces guest performance at The Fonteyn 2024 final

16 August 2024

Royal Academy of Dance announces commissioned choreographer, faculty and judges for The Fonteyn 2024

15 May 2024

Queen Camilla the new Patron of the Royal Academy of Dance

4 May 2024

Royal Academy of Dance announces Royal Ballet Principal Alexander Campbell as its new Artistic Director

21 February 2024

The Royal Academy of Dance launches ballet classes for the cancer community in partnership with Fireflies

13 February 2024

Olga Smirnova on why dance matters and leaving Bolshoi Ballet 

18 January 2024

The Royal Academy of Dance holds special event celebrating older dancers

2 October 2023

The Royal Academy of Dance acquires Dancing Times photographic archive

27 September 2023

The RAD’s prestigious Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition comes to London UK this October

25 July 2023

The RAD announces scholarships for The Fonteyn 2023

2 May 2023

Gifted young dancers battle it out in competition organised by Step into Dance

30 January 2023

Mikhail Baryshnikov presented with the RAD’s prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award by Her Majesty The Queen Consort

16 Nov 2022

Royal Academy of Dance advises public to check dance teacher’s qualifications after publishing revealing new research

25 August 2022

Young dancers from across London come together to celebrate 15 years of Step into Dance with two special performances

29 June 2022

Artist Zi Ling wins Royal Academy of Dance portrait competition

5 May 2022

Royal Academy of Dance ‘warms up’ for a special housewarming event

13 April 2022

Royal Academy of Dance offers young people in Wandsworth the chance to dance for Dame Darcey Bussell at first-ever open audition

13 April 2022

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall formally opens new Royal Academy of Dance global headquarters

10 March 2022

Steven McRae appointed as Ambassador of the Royal Academy of Dance

4 March 2022

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall will formally open new Royal Academy of Dance global headquarters on 10 March 2022

3 March 2022

Royal Academy of Dance appoints new Chief Executive

10 January 2022