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Rambert School and Juilliard Launch International Exchange

An ambitious new exchange between the Rambert School in London and The Juilliard School in New York City will give students the chance to experience different training methods and styles. The culmination of this collaboration will be a world premiere by British choreographer Wayne McGregor, to be performed in London in May 2026 by students from each school (19 from Juilliard and 15 from Rambert School).

The Rambert–Juilliard partnership will unfold in three phases. First, students on their respective campuses will work with artists from Studio Wayne McGregor, creating original works to be performed at their respective schools. Juilliard will premiere its work in New Dances: Edition 2025 in December, while Rambert School will present its new work in the PRE[VIEW] series in March 2026.

Rambert School dancers will then travel to New York City to work alongside Juilliard students on new material, again under the direction of Studio Wayne McGregor artists. In the spring, Juilliard students will join their London counterparts for an intensive rehearsal period with McGregor himself, leading up to the premiere of a new full-length work.

Dancers performing Waltzes in Disorder by Sir Richard Alston. Photo by ASH, courtesy Rambert School.

This initiative coincides with the 10-year anniversary of Rambert School artistic director and principal Amanda Britton. A former Rambert student and company dancer, Britton has overseen significant expansion, including international auditions and outreach that have connected with tens of thousands of young dancers across Europe and Asia, as well as the creation of Rambert Grades, a contemporary dance syllabus taught in more than 40 countries.

Rambert also announced that the Royal College of Music will begin validating its degrees, the first partnership of its kind in the music school’s 100-year history. Beyond accreditation, the collaboration opens doors to cross-disciplinary projects linking dancers and musicians.

“We’ve arrived at a special moment in the school’s history,” said Britton in a statement, “in which all its activities, from high-quality vocational training to international partnerships and widening participation impact are growing in many directions.”

Dancer from Rambert School. Photo by Jack Thomson, courtesy Rambert School.

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Tapas Das: Tapas Das, a young entrepreneur of our times started TWIST N TURNS in 2005. A person who is kind, generous, creative and down to earth wanted to start his own one of a kind dance academy. According to him, Dance is a language of movements that involves space, time and the human body. He was born and grew up in Kolkata, the cultural hub of India. Being appreciated in the field of dance all his life, he is extremely talented. He has been dancing since the age of four. Once he finished his high school, he learned jazz/modern and contemporary dance. His horizons were broadened even more when he started dancing Bollywood with Beat Busters for 4 years, which then was the most upcoming dance crew in Kolkata. After that exposure, he studied how to be a dance teacher, which later started helping him impart his knowledge about dance. Thus, in 2005, with the help of family and friends, he started TWIST N TURNS. Starting with a mere number of 40 students, today TWIST N TURNS currently has over 500 students. Over the time Tapas has taught and performed all over the country. He has performed in cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Jhansi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Udaipur etc. He has been an active participant in the Salsa India Congress in the cities of Bangalore and Bombay, and he has also visited various International Salsa Congresses in Europe, namely in Berlin ,Singapore, Hong Kong,Dubai. He is been also trained recently at Broadway Dance Center (New York), Alvin Alley (New York) and Steps on Broadway (New York). He is not only a dancer or teacher. He is a successful choreographer and has coordinated various shows without difficulty in our country. His leadership skills are exceptional, thus he is where he stands today. His aim in life would be to become a dance educator. He wants to share his tremendous knowledge in the right way to the right people. He is also, simultaneously running other brands like Zumba Kolkata, Bollywood Studio ArtistWala.com and India International Dance Institute.