Royal Ballet starlet...

Majors student, Natasha Watson was excited to be attending a one-day course at the Royal Ballet School... Even more so when the faculty asked her to stay!

The school was so taken by Natasha (13) that she was offered an immediate place in the school which attracts top young ballet dancers from across the world.

Keen to sit her Standard Grade exams before she makes such a big move, Natasha has accepted a covetted place on the Royal Ballet School Senior Associate programme. She will travel to London fortnightly to train in classical ballet, national dance, pointe work and natural movement.

Natasha is preparing to sit two Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) exams this session - Grade 5 and Intermediate - having recently gained 96% for Intermediate Foundation. She studies ballet, jazz, modern and tap with us and is a student on our Majors programme studying the RAD vocational graded syllabus. She spent the summer dancing with the RAD on a full scholarship, spent a week at Royal Ballet School and has now gained a place on both the Scottish Ballet and Ballet West Associate schemes.

She has won countless titles, prizes and awards at dance festivals across the UK, and is also an accomplished actress, having starred in film, TV and radio drama. She is the youngest Scot to be nominated for a BAFTA award!

Well done Natasha for all your hard work.