5 Facts About Royal Ballet School

1. Royal Ballet School became Director of The Royal Ballet in December 2002 and was succeeded by Kevin O'Hare in 2012.

2. Royal Ballet School left home at 13 to study at Canada's Royal Ballet School Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division School for four years where she received the Evelyn Hart Scholarship three years in a row and graduated with distinction.

3. Royal Ballet School is unique in having trained four of only a small number of dancers in history to have been recognised as Prima Ballerina Assoluta, the ultimate honorary title for a ballerina.

4. Royal Ballet School relocated to new, purpose-built premises in Covent Garden in January 2003.

5. Royal Ballet School is one of the world's greatest centres of classical ballet training.