Students follow the syllabi of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) for Ballet and of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance and Rambert Grades for Contemporary Dance. These organisations are internationally renown for their high quality of training and assessment.
The RAD ballet syllabi have been carefully structured on nine levels to give a full spectrum of qualities that boys and girls alike may gain from the study of ballet: artistic and musical awareness, careful placing of the body and self discipline. The ISTD and Rambert Grades have a similar structure to their syllabi.
Students are also taught Contemporary dance based on the principles of the Cunningham Style.
Currently students are prepared for examination in Ballet.
The RAD recommends around 60 hours of preparation for each level of examination and in the higher grades this does mean around 2 years of study.
Students will be offered the chance to participate in exams if they show they have the required maturity; a student may still progress through the syllabi without participating in a formal exam if they do not wish to.
The video below shows what happens on Exam Day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLouywuk5js