Professional Opportunities
To date, over 90% of Rambert School graduates have gone on to enter the profession, usually at a high level. Many now dance with some of the world’s most respected companies, but the range is wide as shown by the list of examples opposite.
Options are not limited to large-scale touring companies however. Students often choose to work with independent or new and emerging project groups, and Rambert School has a reputation for producing dancers and choreographers who have gone on to make significant contributions within the Independent dance scenes in Europe and Australia as well as the UK.
Indicative Ballet Companies
- Dutch National Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Northern Ballet
- Scottish Ballet
- Boston Ballet
- Seoul Ballet
- Cape Town Ballet
- BalletBoyz
Indicative Contemporary Companies
- Rambert Dance Company
- National Dance Company Wales
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Netherlands Das Theater
- Richard Alston Dance Company
- Phoenix Dance Company
- Munich Dance Company
- Siobhan Davies Dance Company
- Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
- Russell Maliphant Company
- Hofesh Shechter Company
Nathan began his training at English National Ballet School in London. He joined Rambert School in 2008. In 2009 he was selected to perform in Itzik Galili’s A Linha Curva with Rambert Dance Company and subsequently performed with the company in their 2009/10 UK tour.
After graduating from Rambert School in July 2011 Cree toured with Darshan Singh Bhuller in Caravaggio in Autumn 2011. She toured with Mark Bruce Company in Made In Heaven in May – July 2012.
Born and brought up in Hull, Liam Mower was selected for the lead in the musical Billy Elliot after the producers conducted a nationwide search in 2003 for three boys to share the lead role in the musical. He combined starring in the musical in the West End for 18 months with studies at the Royal Ballet School and the Northern Academy of Performing Arts. After moving back to Hull to complete his GCSEs, Liam returned to London in 2008 to study at Rambert School.
Born in Australia, Jessica began her ballet training at the Ballet Academy Northside. In 2002 she joined the SCECGS Redlands Ballet and Dance Academy in Sydney and four years later she joined the Ecole Ballet Studios.
After graduating from Rambert School in 2010, Ashley toured with Rambert Dance Company in A Linha Curva, and subsequently joined Matthew Bourne’s New Adventrues, touring internationally with Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. Ashley has recently performed at the Royal Opera House for a production of the opera Les Troyens and has also been working in various pieces at ROH2.
Hailing from Somerset, Ed was a Royal Ballet Senior Associate before continuing his studies at Elmhurst Ballet School. He graduated from Rambert School in 2010 where during his final year he featured in Rambert Dance Company’s production of A Linha Curva by acclaimed Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili which toured throughout the UK.
Born in Singapore, Vanessa trained for a year at Purchase College in New York before transferring to Rambert School. Whilst at the School she danced in Itzik Galili’s A Linha Curva with Rambert Dance Company, subsequently joining the Company as an apprentice dancer in 2010.
Christopher came to Rambert School from South Africa. He was awarded a Linbury Scholarship to study at the School. He later joined Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble in New York City.
Diego started working at the Ballett Landestheater Linz in Austria in April 2008 before graduating from Rambert School in July of the same year. Following that he started working freelance in different European companies, including GOTRA Ballet (AD Joost Vrouenraets) in Holland, and with many different international choreographers such as Thierry Malandain, Claude Brumachon/ Benjamin Lamarche, Anne Marie Porras, Medhi Walerski and Dane Hurst.
Born in Reading in 1979, Antonia trained at Rambert School and danced with Moving Visions Dance Company before joining Rambert Dance Company in 1998.
Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Dane trained at the Toynbee Ballet School. He won the National Dance Competition in Johannesburg 2002 and in 2003 was awarded a bursary by the Linbury Trust and Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust to train at Rambert School.
Born in Japan, Ryu trained at Rambert School where he danced pieces by Martha Graham and Regina Wielingen, amongst others. Whist in his final year at school, Ryu was chosen to dance in Itzik Galili’s A Linha Curva for Rambert Dance Company, which toured the UK. After graduating with a first class degree in 2010, he joined Phoenix Dance Theatre, where he has worked with choreographers including Richard Wherlock, Philip Taylor, Ana Luján Sánchez, Henri Oguike and Aletta Collins and many others. In 2012, he worked with Akram Khan for the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Jonathan Ollivier trained at Rambert School. He was Principal dancer with Northern Ballet Theatre and has also worked on several productions for Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures.
Born in South Africa, Elizel trained under Marlene Rubidge in the Classical Cecchetti Ballet technique from the age of three years old. In 2006, Elizel was awarded the Linbury Scholarship to attend Rambert School where she graduated 3 years later with a first class BA (Hons) Degree. In 2009, she was chosen to dance Itzik Galili’s A Linha Curva with Rambert Dance Company, and subsequently joined the Company as an apprentice dancer. During her time with the Rambert Dance Company, Elizel worked with choreographers such as Mark Baldwin, Itzik Galili, Henrietta Horn, Tim Rushton, Aletta Collins and Dane Hurst. She has also performed works by Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor. Elizel has recently moved to the USA where she works closely with choreographer Gillmer Duran. Elizel is also a certified STOTT PILATES instructor and works part time with a Pilates Studio in Anchorage, Alaska.