HOME VISIT WHAT’S ON COLLECTIONS LEARN JOIN & SUPPORT SHOP DISPLAY On now until Sunday, 1 May 2022 On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100 FREEPLAN A VISIT HIGHLIGHTS FEATURES +44 (0)20 7942 2000 On now until Sunday, 1 May 2022 Rooms 103 – 106, Theatre & Performance Free Members visit free – join now Explore the 100-year history of the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance. Discover a host of costume, designs, film and unique material from the last century including shoes worn by Dame Darcey Bussell DBE at her 2007 farewell performance. SHARE DISPLAY HIGHLIGHTS Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev during rehearsals for the 1963 RAD gala. © GBL Wilson Pupils from RAD's Step Into Dance programme. © Foteini Christofilopoulou Costume design for 'Jack in the Green', by Claud Lovat Fraser, about 1921, England. Museum no. S.4-2012. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Adeline Genée in 'A Dream of Roses and Butterflies'. Photo by Hugh Cecil Faculty of Education, 2018. Photo by Tim Cross Ballet exercises for athletes. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette Tamara Karsavina coaching Margot Fonteyn in role of The Firebird. Photo by Douglas Elston, 1954 Tamara Karsavina in Russian dance costume, 1929. Dress by Natalia Gontcharova. Photographer unknown Harlequin statue by Alfred Gilbert for Production Club (RAD), date unknown. Presented to the RAD in 1924 by Stanislas Idzikowski. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette Dame Darcey Bussell DBE, Carlos Acosta and Gary Avis in The Song of the Earth, ROH, 2007. Part of the Graham Brandon Collection, THM/110. Image by Graham Brandon. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London A Dream of Butterflies and Roses, costume design, by Wilhelm, 1915, London. Museum no. S.797-2017. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London PLAN A VISIT MEMBERSHIP Become a member and enjoy free access to exhibitions, previews, priority booking, freshly curated content and much more. JOIN TODAY FEATURES READ About the On Point display Find out more about our display celebrating 100 years of the Royal Academy of Dance COLLECTIONS Theatre & Performance EXPLORE Background image: Harlequin statue by Alfred Gilbert for Production Club (RAD), date unknown. Presented to the RAD in 1924 by Stanislas Idzikowski. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette BACK TO THE TOP Sign up to our emails Hear about collections, exhibitions, courses and events from the V&A and ways you can support us. You can change your preferences or opt out of hearing from us at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails. Read our full privacy notice. Victoria and Albert Museum OPENING HOURS Wednesday–Sunday, 10.00–17.45 Admission is free Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL +44 (0)20 7942 2000 hello@vam.ac.uk ABOUT THE V&A About us Contact us National work International work Research Conservation Sustainability Press Jobs PLAN A VISIT Getting here Disability & access Map of the V&A Gallery closures Eat & drink Friday Late What's On RESOURCES Explore the Collections V&A Academy National Art Library Study Rooms Archives Blog JOIN & SUPPORT Membership Corporate partnerships FuturePlan Donate COMMERCIAL Shop Licensing Publishing V&A images Exhibitions for hire Venue hire V&A FAMILY Young V&A V&A Dundee V&A at Design Society, Shekou V&A East Privacy notice and cookies Terms of use Accessibility statement © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2021 Cookies Our website uses cookies (small data files that are placed on your device). We use necessary cookies to make our website work for you, and we’d like to set additional cookies to help us to understand how you use our site – and help us improve it. These additional cookies help us to deliver content from other sites and services. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. We won’t use these additional cookies unless you allow us. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preference. Cookie policy Accept additional cookies Manage cookie settings