Professional Opportunities
To date, over 90% of Rambert 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.
Ballet companies
- Dutch National Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Northern Ballet
- Scottish Ballet
- Boston Ballet
- Seoul Ballet
- Cape Town Ballet
Contemporary companies
- Rambert Dance Company
- Diversions - the Dance Company of Wales
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Netherlands Dance Theatre
- Richard Alston Dance Company
- Phoenix Dance Company
- Munich Dance Company
- Siobhan Davies Dance Company
Dane Hurst
Dane Hurst graduated from Rambert School last year. He is now dancing with Rambert Dance Company.
Ayako Toyama
Ayako Toyama graduated from Rambert School last year. She is now dancing with Richard Alston Dance Company.
Jonathan Oliver
Jonathan Oliver, who trained at Rambert School and is now a Prinicpal dancer with Northern Ballet Theatre.
At the National Dance Awards he was nominated for the 'Best Male Dance of the Year' award in 2003.
Antonia Grove
Born in Reading in 1979, Antonia trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and danced with Moving Visions Dance Company before joining Rambert Dance Company in 1998.
During her five years at Rambert she worked with choreographers: Christopher Bruce, Mats Ek, Jiri Kilyian, Glen Tetley, Merce Cunningham, Lindsay Kemp, Jeremy James, Wayne McGregor, Richard Alston, Javier de Frutos and Rafael Bonachela amongst others.
Antonia has since worked for Walker Dance Park Music, the National Theatre in their production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and Rafael Bonachela on the 2004 Place Prize winning duet E2 7SD.
She is presently touring with Random Dance.
She is co-producer and dancer for her own project, PROBE, with Theo Clinkard. Working with choreographers Mark Bruce, Rafael Bonachela and Maresa von Stockert. Due to tour from Autumn 2005.
In 2002 she was nominated as Best Young Dancer (Modern) for the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards.
Other ventures include dance for film, music festivals, Charity Galas, music videos and the 2003 Jaguar Cars brand film.
As a choreographer she has made works for Resolution!, INTOTO Dance Company and Bifem a Russian play.
Christopher Adams
Christopher came to Rambert School from South Africa. He was awarded a Linbury Scholarship to study at the School. He now dances with Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble in New York City.
Christopher followed his brother Warren in coming to Rambert School. Warren Adams is now working very successfully in New York City and internationally as dancer, actor, choreographer and director.
Ana Lujan Sanchez
Ana Lujan Sanchez (below right), who trained at Rambert School and is now a senior Principal with Rambert Dance Company. At the nNational Dance Awards she was named 'Outstanding Female Artist (Modern)' of the year in 2003.
She writes:
"I came to London, to Rambert School, to study. I was told in Spain that this School treated Ballet and Contemporary Dance equally. This turned out to be true! There was also the opportunity to choreograph.
The location of the School is a great pleasure to anyone who has the pleasure to be there.
My performance skills improved thanks to the amount of time the staff provided in organising performances in their theatre and in other theatres.
Rambert School made me feel responsible for myself as I became a professional dancer. It provided encouragement, training and care allowing me to achieve my decision to accomplish professional standing."
Ana Lujan Sanchez
