36th Residential Summer School
Saturday, 17th July - 31st July 2010

Teaching Programme

Special guest coaching by Sir Anthony Dowell CBE and Donald McLeary CBE



Guest Coach Sir Anthony Dowell CBE
Photo: Johan Persson ©

Professional teachers for first week include:

  • Christopher Tudor, Baroque Dance, Contemporary Dance, former dancer with the Richard Alston Dance Co and currently teaching at the Royal Ballet School.
  • Frank Freeman FRAD.ARAD PDTC (Dip), Former Dancer with the Royal Ballet and now international teacher/choreographer and examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance.
  • Patricia Linton, former dancer with the Royal Ballet Company and former teacher at the Royal Ballet Shool, now a freelance teacher.
  • Marguerite Porter, Former Senior Principal of the Royal Ballet and Summer School Director.
  • Stephen Jefferies, former Senior Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet Company, and former Director of Hong Kong Ballet, now freelance teacher and choreographer.
  • Laura Connor, former Principal with the Royal Ballet Company.
  • Kevin Haigen, Ballet Master of Hamburg Ballet

Jonathon Cope teaching in 2008
Photo: Andrew McMillan©

Professional guest teachers for the second week include

  • Stephen Jefferies, Former Senior Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet Company, and former Director of Hong Kong Ballet, now freelance teacher and choreographer.
  • Christopher Tudor, Baroque Dance, Contemporary Dance, former dancer with the Richard Alston Dance Co and currently teaching at the Royal Ballet School.
  • Marguerite Porter, Former Senior Principal of the Royal Ballet and Summer School Director.
  • Patricia Ruanne, DLit, former Principal of the Royal Ballet Company and Ballet Mistriss of the Paris Opera Company.
  • David Pickering, Soloist with the Royal Ballet Company.
  • Laura Connor, former Principal with the Royal Ballet Company.
  • Kevin Haigen, Ballet Master of Hamburg Ballet.

Accompanists for the seminar:

  • Graham Roberts, from Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Northern Ballet Theatre.
  • David Plumpton, from Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Northern Ballet Theatre.
  • John Dawson, freelance pianist.
All teachers and accompanists are CRB police-checked.

Yorkshire Ballet Summer School reserves the right to change the coaches and teachers if circumstances require.