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Pre-School in Dance
The Pre-School Dance Curriculum aims to capture and nurture young children's instinctive joy of movement and freedom of expression. This curriculum enables children to learn to move and learn through movement in a child safe environment that encourages exploration, independence and social interaction. The Curriculum develops basic movement skills, musical awareness, expression and creativity. Themed classes encourage class participation, focus and confidence that prepare students for entry to Pre-Primary levels. For this class, we have blended both of the following methods: Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus and American Ballet Theatre Curriculum. This class is appropriate for students between the ages of 3-4 years of age and is typically no longer than 45 minutes.
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Pre-Primary Dance
This syllabus is used as a transition to ballet of higher levels. It further develops students’ physical skills by encouraging more independence, helps build stamina within the body, and expression and musicality using a wide range of sounds and musical styles to help further the understanding of music and rhythms. For this class, we have blended both of the following methods: Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus and the American Ballet Theatre Curriculum.This class is designed for students from 4-5 years of age and is typically no longer than 45 minutes.
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R.A.D Primary in Dance
This syllabus develops students’ physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality using a range of sounds and musical styles. The syllabus prepares students for a successful transition to a more formal representation of ballet and other dance genres at higher levels. This class is designed for students 6 years of age and this is the first time the class transitions from 45 minutes to a full hour.
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R.A.D Grades 1-3
Grades 1-5 in the R.A.D Dance syllabus provides a broad practical dance education and develops technical, musical and performance skills.
The Grade Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
• Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Free Movement - it has been influenced by and incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance
• Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles — Hungarian, Russian and Polish — were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.
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The Grade Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
• Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Free Movement - it has been influenced by and incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance
• Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles — Hungarian, Russian and Polish — were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.
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R.A.D Grades 4-5
Grades 4-5 in the R.A.D Dance syllabus provides a broad practical dance education and develops technical, musical and performance skills.
The Grade Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
• Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Free Movement - it has been influenced by and incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance
• Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles — Hungarian, Russian and Polish — were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.
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The Grade Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
• Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Free Movement - it has been influenced by and incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance
• Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles — Hungarian, Russian and Polish — were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.
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R.A.D Grades 6-8 & Repertoire
Grades 6 through 8 in the R.A.D Dance syllabus provides a broad practical dance education and develops technical, musical and performance skills. This Grade Syllabus serve as a gateway for students to enter into the Vocational level of the R.AD.
The Grade Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
• Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Free Movement - it has been influenced by and incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance
• Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles — Hungarian, Russian and Polish — were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.
The Repertoire Dance Syllabus provides a broad practical dance education as well a furthering the development of exercises seen in the previous R.A.D levels. We are also introduced to Variations on and off Pointe which serve as a gateway for students preparing to enter the Vocational Levels of the R.A.D
Repertoire consists of the following units:
• Ballet Class - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Variations
• Demi Character- this is the theatrical representation of the folk traditional dances
• Pointe - this portion is based on teacher discretion
Not currently offering this level
The Grade Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
• Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Free Movement - it has been influenced by and incorporates movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance
• Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles — Hungarian, Russian and Polish — were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.
The Repertoire Dance Syllabus provides a broad practical dance education as well a furthering the development of exercises seen in the previous R.A.D levels. We are also introduced to Variations on and off Pointe which serve as a gateway for students preparing to enter the Vocational Levels of the R.A.D
Repertoire consists of the following units:
• Ballet Class - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus
• Variations
• Demi Character- this is the theatrical representation of the folk traditional dances
• Pointe - this portion is based on teacher discretion
Not currently offering this level
R.A.D Vocational Grades
The Vocational Grade Dance syllabus provides an in-depth study of ballet, develops technique, music and performance skills and introduces pointe work for female candidates. It prepares students for a career in dance and is appropriate for students from the age of eleven years. Students studying for Vocational Graded examinations should expect to take a minimum of three classes a week at the lowest level increasing as they progress towards the higher levels. Intermediate Foundation - Advance 2 level of training require a mandatory weekly Stretch and Tone Class.
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Teen Ballet & Open Ballet Classes
Our open ballet classes are divided into several levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Teen. These classes will be based solely on ballet technique through the American Ballet Theatre Curriculum, Cuban Methodology, and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. These classes are made for dancers that would like to strengthen their ballet technique and/or need to solidify ballet terminology and ideas. These classes do not follow a syllabus and are created to by our teachers to benefit each student individually.
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