Our classes follow the RAD syllabus, and those who have achieved the standard required will be invited to take an examination – normally held around Easter.

Irrespective of exams, all children taking classes with us will be invited to participate in our ballet performances, and all classes have a parent ‘watching week’ at the end of each term.

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Course: Pre Primary & Primary Ballet
Age: 5 to 7 years
Location: Portsdown, East & Fusionopolis
Teachers: Josh, Megan and Lucy C 

These syllabi develop the students’ classical ballet technique, an introduction to basic positions and movements, free work and improvisation, imagination and story telling. We aim for every child to develop a love of dance and theatre as well as improved posture, poise, coordination, musicality and self-confidence, grace and discipline. As well as having fun!

This strong foundation prepares students for a successful transition to ballet and other dance genres at higher levels. These levels are appropriate for students between the ages of five and eight years.

In both Pre-Primary in Dance and Primary in Dance, students, through participation and practice will be able to:

• Articulate parts of the body
• Demonstrate awareness of positions of the body
• Perform with an awareness of space
• Demonstrate control
• Demonstrate co-ordination
• Demonstrate elevation
• Demonstrate use of appropriate movement dynamics
• Respond to the elements of music
• Perform expressively
• Perform a sequence of simple steps to depict a story
• Confidently recall the settings

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Age: 7 years +
Location: East, Portsdown & Fusionopolis
Teachers: Megan, Josh and Liliana 

The Graded Examination Syllabus consists of three different components: classical, free movement and character dance.

• Classical: is the foundation and the most important part of the Graded Syllabi.

• Free movement: incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as natural movement, contemporary based dance and Greek dance.

• Character Dance: is the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music that has been freely adapted for the theatre. There are three styles – Hungarian, Russian and Polish – and these were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the traditional full-length classical ballets.

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Those who have successfully completed Grade 5 Ballet, if deemed ready for the challenges of pointe work, will be invited to participate in the Beginner Pointe class. This class is in addition to their weekly graded syllabus class.

RAD Syllabus: https://www.rad.org.uk/