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Central School Of Ballet

Central Friends

Get involved

Central Friends are people who love to dance and are fired up by hat Central does so well: training students in the best way possible, prioviding our students with performance opportunities and looking after their health and wellbeing. Central Friends' support makes a difference for all of our students. it ensures that we can give our students ever better training resources, better facilities, more individual attention and performance opporuntities.

Central Friends offers you the opportunity to engage with a particular area of our work. By joining one of the Central Friends Circles your support will be directed to what is closest to your heart and captivates you most:

New Talent Circle

This is the circle for you if you are really interested in supporting the development of our young talented dancers. Your support will go towards everything that helps Central's students with their dance training.

New Work & Performance Circle

This is for Friends who enjoy seeing Central's students performing on stage, especially the 3rd years as they tour teh UK as Ballet Central. Within this circle your support will go towards the creation of newly commissioned dance works, performance costumes and dancers' tour expenses.

Students' Wellbeing Circle

If you are concerned with dancers' health and wellbeing, this circle helps with Central's all-important support services such as pastoral care, nutitional advice, psychology sessions, daily fresh fruit and student bursaries.

Giving back to Central Friends

Central Friends enjoy the following benefits:

  • A termly Friends newsletter
  • Central Christmas party
  • Ballet Central Preview Evening
  • Summer Garden Party
  • Special in-house events such as open classes, Ballet Central rehearsals and talks by Central staff and students.

Membership costs

Central Friend - �40 per year.

Contributing Friend - �150 per year

Guardian Friend - �1000 per year

How to Join

Please contact Sarah Allan on 020 7867 6332 or email sarah.allan@csbchool.co.uk