Ballet History in London
Exhibition in Orleans House Gallery, White Lodge Richmond Park
50 years of the Royal Ballet School - Lower School - in London is presented in historical exhibits.
White Lodge: 50 Years of the Royal Ballet Lower School
January 27-May 6, 2007
FREE admission
Orleans House Gallery, Riverside, Twichenham
Starting off the 2007 programme at the Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham is an exhibit taking viewers through the history of White Lodge in Richmond Park. White Lodge has been the home of the students attending Lower School of the Royal Ballet School since 1955. In the 18th century, White Lodge used to be a hunting lodge and a Royal residence giving the lodge a beautiful historical background for the pupils of the ballet academy. While the Lower School is situated in White Lodge, the Upper School of the Royal Ballet School is located in Covent Garden.
This exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, programmes, letters, costumes and set designs from the Royal Ballet School in London. Planned in close collaboration with the ballet school, the Orleans House Gallery exhibit also includes items by famous painter John Piper, and from renowned ballerinas Anna Pavlova and Dame Margot Fonteyn.
Spanning over 300 years of the history of White Lodge, the exhibit at Orleans House Gallery shows over a century of ballet and 50 years of Lower School at White Lodge.
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