Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Royal Ballet School

A royal hunting lodge built in the early 1700's. Our current queen's parents lived here when she was born.
In the 1950's this magnificent home became the undergraduate school for the Royal ballet.

Here is where the new Margot Fonteyn's are nurtured and mentored. It is not an easy life. You are 11 years old and practice ballet 4 hours a day. You do academic studies 4 hours a day. You practice and dream 24 hours a day.

This is one of the most prestigious ballet schools in the world.