RAD Lower Grade 1 -5 Syllabus

Below are outlines of each grade syllabus and the exercises.
Note: Only a few of the exercises are available online via youtube, as the rest of the exercises are tailored to my ballet exam students only.
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  • You can choose to dance in Music A or Music B.
    You may also choose either Dance A or B and Dance C or D.

    1. Warm Up

    2. Legs and arms

    3. Port de bras

    4. Demi-plies

    5. Transfer of weight

    6. Walks

    7. Sautés

    8. Petits jetes and spring points

    9. Galops

    10. Springs

    11. Step hop and parallel assemble

    Choose either Dance A or B (Classical) and Dance C or D (Character)


    Dance A (Male and Female)
    Dance B (Male and Female)
    Dance C (Female)
    Dance C (Male)
    Dance D (Female)
    Dance D (Male)

    Reverance

  • Barre
    You can choose to dance in Music A or Music B.
    You may also choose either Dance A or B and Dance C or D.

    1. Plies

    2. Battement Tendus

    3. Preparation for grands battements

    Centre

    1. Port de bras

    2. Fondus

    3. Transfer of weight

    4. Adage

    5. Sautes and soubresauts

    6. Echappes sautes and petit jetes

    7. Galops

    8. Turns and parallel assembles

    9. Grand allegro

    Dance - Choose either Dance A or B‍ ‍(Classical) and Dance C or D (Character)

    Dance A (Female)
    Dance A (Male)
    Dance B (Female)
    Dance B (Male)
    Dance C (Female)
    Dance C (Male)
    Dance D (Female)
    Dance D (Male)

    Reverence

  • Barre
    You can choose to dance in Music A or Music B.
    You may also choose either Dance A or C and Dance D or E.

    1. Plies

    2. Battement Tendus and battements glisses

    3. Battements fondus and developes devant

    4. Grand Battements devant

    5. Grands battements to second and derriere

    Centre

    1. Port de bras

    2. Ronds de jambe a terre

    3. Transfer of weight

    4. Adage

    5. Sautes and changements

    6. Glissades sissonnes and assembles

    7. Poses and temps leves

    8. Turns

    9. Grand allegro

    Dance - Choose either Dance A or C and Dance D or E.

    Dance A (Female)
    Dance A (Male)
    Dance B (Female)
    Dance B (Male)
    Dance C (Male and Female)
    Dance D (Female)
    Dance D (Male)
    Dance E (Female)
    Dance E (Male)

    Reverence

  • Barre
    You can choose to dance in Music A or Music B.
    You may also choose either Dance A or C and Dance D or E.

    1. Plies

    2. Battements Tendus and battements glisses

    3. Battements fondus and ronds de jambe a terre

    4. Developpes

    5. Grands battements

    Centre

    1. Port de bras

    2. Centre Practice

    3. Adage

    4. Transfer of weight

    Allegro

    1. Sautes echappes sautes and changements

    2. Jetes ordinaires and pas de chat

    3. Assembles and temps leves

    4. Turns

    5. Grand allegro

    Dance - Choose either Dance A or B or C and Dance D or E or F

    Dance A (Female)
    Dance A (Male)
    Dance B (Female)
    Dance B (Male)
    Dance C (Male and Female)
    Character Dance D (Female and Male)
    Character Dance E (Female)
    Character Dance E (Male)
    Character Dance F (Female and Male)

    Reverence

  • Barre
    You can choose to dance in Music A or Music B.
    You may also choose either Dance A or C and Dance D or E.

    1. Plies

    2. Battement Tendus and battements glisses

    3. Ronds de jambe a terre and battements fondus

    4. Developpes

    5. Grands battements

    Centre

    1. Port de bras

    2. Centre practice

    3. Pirouettes

    4. Adage

    5. Transfer of weight

    6. Petit allegro

    7. Glissades and sissonnes

    8. Sissonnes ordinaires and pas de valse

    9. Turns

    10. Grand allegro

    Dance - Choose either Dance A or B or C and Dance D or E or F.

    Dance A (Female)
    Dance A (Male)
    Dance B (Female)
    Dance B (Male)
    Dance C (Male and Female)
    Character Dance D (Male and Female)
    Character Dance E (Female)
    Character Dance E (Male)
    Character Dance F (Female)
    Character Dance F (Male)

    Reverence