{"id":2067,"date":"2022-03-23T17:32:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcdonald.nsw.edu.au\/afterhours\/?page_id=2067"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:01:09","slug":"rad-classical-ballet-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mcdonald.nsw.edu.au\/afterhours\/classes-programs\/rad-classical-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"RAD Classical Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Classical Ballet is the essential component of every dancer\u2019s repertoire. It creates balance, grace, agility, core strength and discipline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the world’s largest and most influential dance education and training organisations. RAD was created with the objective of improving the standard of ballet teaching, and in pursuit of that goal, a new teaching method and dance technique were created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most identifiable aspect of the RAD method is the attention to detail when learning the basic steps, and the progression in difficulty is often very slow. While the difficulty of an exercise may only increase slightly from grade to grade, more importance is placed on whether the student is performing the step with improved technique. For example, pli\u00e9 exercises are employed consistently throughout the lower grades to enable the student to progressively deepen the pli\u00e9 and improve turnout. The principle behind this is that if enough time is spent achieving optimal technique before introducing new vocabulary, the easier it is for the student to learn the harder steps while exercising basic technique to the maximum at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We offer the following RAD Classical Ballet<\/strong> classes. Subject to change, our Timetable<\/a><\/strong> will have the most up-to-date classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary Ballet 4 turning 5
Pre-Primary\u2009Ballet 5 turning 6
Primary Ballet 6 turning 7
Grade 1 Ballet 7 turning 8
Grade 2 Ballet 8 turning 9
Grade 3 Ballet 9 turning 10
Grade 4 Ballet 10 – 12 years
Grade 5 Ballet 10 – 14 years
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RAD Vocational Classical Ballet<\/strong>:
Intermediate Foundation
Intermediate
Advanced Foundation
Advanced 1
Advanced 2 <\/p>\n\n\n\nstart your trial<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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