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| ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE BALLET EXAMS (RAD) We are pleased to continue with the Royal Academy of Dance Ballet Exams. RAD exams may take either a Ballet Presentation Format or Ballet Exam Format. At times a pianist will be available during our year for the RAD Ballet exam classes. There is a non-refundable $70.00 Presentation/Exam deposit that will be posted to your account in October and charged November 3, 2010. The balance of the Presentation/Exam payment will be due a month before the exam date. There may be additional fees for extra rehearsals. The clothing outlined in our section under Dance Attire on page ten of this booklet will be what the dancers are required to wear in their weekly classes and to their Presentation/Exam. WITHDRAWALS & REFUNDS Written notice (e-mail is fine) is required for withdrawal from class(es) and will be accepted until, Oct. 31, 2010. Please submit your written notice to us by the 30th of the month. This will result in you not being charged on the 1st of the next month. After October 31, 2010 it is expected that dancers will remain with the studio for the dance year. Costume deposit(s) and RAD Exam deposit(s) are non-refundable as they will be charged after the October 31, 2010 withdrawal deadline. ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE BALLET EXAM CLASS ATTIRE (RAD) Pre Primany and Primary Ballet 5 & 6 years: Girls: Powder pink short sleeve style body suit available for purchase through the studio, white ankle socks, pink ballet shoes. Hair in a tightly secured bun with a hair net. 'Royal Academy of Dance' ballet skirt, please no tutu. Boys: White T-Shirt and black shorts, black ballet shoes. Grades 1 through 8 - body suit and skirt: Grades 1 through 5 require a royal blue body suit and character skirt, available for purchase through the studio in September. Grades 6 -8 require a burgandy body suit a sheer ballet skirt and a black character skirt available for purchase through the studio in September. Foundation Classes: Require a navy body suit available for purchase through the studio. |
Why Choose an R oyal A cademy of D ance (RAD) Program If you are looking for a Ballet program that offers learning along with fun and a feeling of accompishment; the RAD Ballet probram is perfect. The RAD Syllabus has been devised with great care. It progresses a dancer in stages, demanding no more of a young body that it can easily cope with. The RAD Syllabus is great fun for dancers to dance, it also helps develope co-ordination, fitness and a sense of rhythm, musicality and expression, as well as promoting self-discipline and bosting confience. RAD Ballet is no more competitive than any other activity, and RAD examinations are simply setting goals toward which children can work. For our Dancers; examinations offer a challenge and a great sense of achievement; for Parents they give an indiciation of their child's progress. The RAD was founded in 1920 and has grown to become the largest training body for classical ballet in the world. The RAD Syllabus is taught in more that 70 countries, setting high standards along with a balance of making learning fun. At Karen Clark Dance Studio we offer annual dance presentation and exam opportunities to all our RAD dancers. Why Choose a R oyal A cademy of D ance (RAD) Teacher While ballet is fun, it is also physically demanding care should be taken to send your dancer to a professional, qualified teacher. That is why Karen Clark Dance Studio is proud to offer RAD registered teachers, with current registered teacher status and who teach the RAD syllabus. This is important because:
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