RAD Higher-Grade Syllabus - Grade 6 - 8

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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  • Students should be required to make a choice between the following:

    Either: 1st Port de Bras OR 2nd Port de Bras

    Either: Classical Dance OR Free Movement Dance OR Character Dance.

    Please also note: that Male / Female exercises are both for male and female and candidates unless otherwise indicated.

    Barre

    1. Plies

    2. Battement Tendus and Battements Glisses

    3. Ronds de Jambe a Terre and Battements Fondus

    4. Battements Frappes

    5. Exercise for Ronds de Jambe en L’air with Port de Bras

    6. Adage

    7. Grands battements and grands battements en cloche

    8. Demi-Pointe Enchainement (Female Only)

    Centre

    1. 1st Port de Bras

    2. 2nd Port de Bras

    3. Pirouette en Dehors

    4. Pirouette en Dedans

    5. Adage Study

    Allegro

    1. Soubresauts and Echappes Sautes to 4th Position
      (This can be done continuously)

    2. Pas de Bourrees (Female Only

    3. Petit Allegro

    4. Waltz Enchainement (Female Only)
      Waltz Enchainement (Male Only)

    5. Classical Dance (Female Only)

    6. Classical Dance (Male Only)

    FREE Movement

    1. Exercise for Upper Back

    2. Exercise for Elevation and Use of Space
      (This can be done continuously)

    3. Free Movement Dance

    CHARACTER (Polish)

    1. Polonaise

    2. Polish Marzurka and Pas Marche

    3. Krakoviak

    4. Character Dance: Polish Marzurka

    5. Character Reverence

  • Students should be required to make a choice between the following:


    Either: Classical Dance OR Free Movement Dance OR Character Dance.

    Please also note: This is Female ONLY exercises.

    Barre

    1. Plies

    2. Battement Tendus and Battements Glisses

    3. Ronds de Jambe a Terre and Battements Fondus

    4. Battements Frappes

    5. Ronds de Jambe en L’air

    6. Adage study

    7. Grands battements and grands battements en cloche

    8. Coupe fouette raccourci

    Centre

    1. Port de Bras

    2. Pirouette enchainement

    3. Adage

    4. Petit allegro

    5. Allegro

    6. Grand Allegro

    7. Dance: Classical

    8. Classical Reverence

    FREE Movement

    1. Study in stillness and gravity

    2. Study for upper back

    3. Dance: Free Movement

    CHARACTER (Hungarian Court)

    1. Lejto and promenades

    2. Cabrioles and quick lejto

    3. Retires and pas de bourrees

    4. Dance: Czardas

    5. Character Reverence

  • Barre

    1. Plies

    2. Battement Tendus and Battements Glisses

    3. Ronds de Jambe a Terre and Battements Fondus to 45 degree.

    4. Battements Frappes

    5. Adage

    6. Grands battements

    Centre

    1. Entree polonaise

    2. Etude Lyrique

    3. Valse ‘Printemps’

    4. Demi-caractere

    5. Mouvement libre Poetique OR
      Mouvement libre Dramatique

    6. Marzurka de salon

    7. Dance Russe

    8. Finale Polonaise and Reverence