angel_lissa_91 Posted October 10, 2004 Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 Does Any one here study the RAD syllabus?? Quote Link to comment
lgmg11 Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 We follow the RAD syllabus at our school - my daughter has taken Grade 1,3, and Intermediate Foundation. She is going to be 12 next month and will take the Grade 5 in the the Spring. I like the idea of following a set syllabus, but many girls do not take exams and do progress nicely from one level to the next at our studio. Do you have any specific questions??? Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 And I have taught with, alongside of, and behind RAD (but mostly instead of) for the last thirty-five years. What's up? Lgmg, this forum is for dancers 13-16 and the moderators almost exclusively. After the moderators have our chop at a question, followups from students are all right, but unless there's a really pressing reason for it, responses from parents are discouraged, unless you also are a student. Quote Link to comment
lgmg11 Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Oops - sorry! Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 It's OK, though, you're new, and you're still learning all the ropes and bells and whistles. Quote Link to comment
Guest elleballet Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 RAD is the english royal academy training that i've studied for all my grades i'm now on grade 5 and doing my exam in may in RAD stdents usually do exams.hope this helps they have a website www.radenterprises.co.uk Quote Link to comment
Guest pasdechat16 Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 i have a question about RAD. Its only in Europe right? I live in the us and no studio around me ,that i know of does RAD. Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted December 29, 2004 Administrators Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Hello pasdechat16, welcome to Ballet Talk for Dancers! RAD is taught in the US, however it is not as prevalent as it is in England. More schools in this country tend towards either Vaganova, or a mixture of Russian, Italian, English, French, etc., sort of an "American Mix". Quote Link to comment
shulie Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 I studied R.A.D for seven years. It is very common and popular in Europe I think. But at least here in Germany most schools teaching R.A.D do not necessarily follow the Grade system and let their pupils take regular exams even though they are supposed to. It is a real pity. Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 There are RAD schools all OVER the US and Canada. Some do it better than others, but they're heeeee-ere. It's a worldwide method. Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted December 30, 2004 Administrators Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Yes, they are here, but unfortunately too many of them are not really qualifying the dancers in terms of professional goals. Some are, of course, but many are so into the syllabus that the students never learn to dance! They learn the syllabus, but they do not do well in the professional schools where they have to do new material every day or two. A major exception that I have seen first hand in terms of having their students in our program in the summer is the Academy of Ballet in Red Bank, NJ! While the teacher is R.A.D., they also have enough "free" work that they really learn to move. I think they also have some classes with teachers who are not R.A.D., not sure. But they are far more advanced than most of the others I see. I'm sure there are many other good programs like this, too, but just warning you that there are many that are not good. But of course that applies to any method of training. You will find excellent Russian training, and you will find really poor training calling itself Russian. Same with Cecchetti, and with American Mix. It always comes down to the teacher, or teachers. If one is a really good teacher, professionally qualified, it doesn't matter what method they use! Quote Link to comment
Guest pasdechat16 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thanks i didnt realize it was in the US too! Well is there a website or soemthing that i can look for a studio that uses it in my area? Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 http://www.rad.org.uk/ There's the link to the main site. Click around in there. I'm still not used to this format, and think the old one was better. Quote Link to comment
skip Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 moderators, please feel free to delete if necessary, but i did some researching on the RAD website and found the following link http://www.rad.org.uk/04courses/045search.htm It says that the feature for searching a teacher in your area is available soon, but it also gives an e-mail address for the department that you can contact. you can also try e-mailing the internation office in the USA at info@radusa.org Local organiser for the USA is Patti Ashby and the office is located in Bakersfield, CA I hope this helps you a bit! ~SKIP~ Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Not at all, Skip! It's very helpful, thank you very much. Quote Link to comment
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