RAD United Kingdom | Movement Matters: Nurturing community, connections, and teaching innovations

Event Date:

Monday 21 July 2025 – Saturday 26 July 2025

Event Time:

Various times

Location:

London (UK)

Available Online?

Yes

Who’s it for?

This event is open to all dance teachers.

Fee:

Various fees, please click on ‘Book now’ for your preferred currency to view the fees.

Contact:

cpd@rad.org.uk

Online

Whether you’re an experienced teacher or newer to the profession, this event offers a chance to reinvigorate your career, gain practical skills, and leave feeling energised and supported. Join us for an inspiring CPD event focusing on community, connection, and teaching innovations.

Interactive sessions will allow you to explore teaching strategies that prioritise student engagement. These will provide you with creative ideas, new perspectives, and equip you with tools to meet your evolving needs in a rapidly changing world.

The event also highlights the importance of building meaningful relationships – between fellow teachers, with students, with parents/guardians, and within the wider community. There will be time for open dialogue, reflection, and networking.

Join us to shape the future of dance education – one step, one story, and one connection at a time.

Venue

Royal Academy of Dance, London SW11 3JZ and online via Zoom.

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The early bird discount is available for all activities until 12 May 2025. The discount is automatically applied on Cvent.

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Grade 6 Revision (live stream)

21 and 22 July, 5 – 8pm BST each day.

A practical revision course focusing on the RAD Grade 6 syllabus, with an emphasis on recapping the set exercises and dances. The course will ensure that syllabus details are being accurately understood, with brief references to the examination marking criteria and running of the examination day.

Grade 7 Revision (live stream)

23 and 24 July, 5 – 8pm BST each day.

A practical revision course focusing on the RAD Grade 7 syllabus, with emphasis on recapping the set exercises and dances. The course will ensure that syllabus details are being accurately understood, with brief references to the examination marking criteria and running of the examination day.

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Psychological Skills Training for the Dance Studio – Motor Imagery (interactive webinar)

23 July, 5 – 7pm BST.

In this interactive and research-informed webinar, you will explore Motor Imagery (MI) as a tool to enhance both physical and mental performance in dancers. This session will introduce key concepts behind MI, how it influences movement execution, and its potential applications in dance training.

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Principles and Practices of Adapting Ballet Repertoire for Older Learners (in-person)

24 July, 9.30am – 12.30pm.

This practical workshop is designed to extend your knowledge of adapting ballet repertoire for adults and older learners in a safe and engaging way.

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Enhancing Self-Awareness and Communication Skills (interactive webinar)

24 July, 8 – 11am BST.

This session aims to empower you with a deeper understanding of yourself and others through the use of the DISC assessment (a behavioural profiling tool), enabling you to enhance your self-awareness, communication skills, and collaborative effectiveness within your teaching and professional environments.

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Developing Community in the Dance Class (interactive webinar)

24 July, 1.30 – 3pm BST.

This session will focus on the development of community in a dance class. We will look at what we mean by the term “community”, the positive benefits of interactive, community-building methods of teaching, and consider how these methods can be implemented into our own teaching practice.

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RAD Syllabus Insights – Grade 3, Intermediate and Advanced 1 (in-person)

25 July, 9am – 5pm.

This course looks at some of the principles of technique, performance and musicality which underpin training for RAD syllabi. You will observe students in Grade 3, Intermediate and/or Advanced 1 classes, followed by discussions of how effective teaching methods inform best practice and on-going development and progression. You can choose which classes to attend.

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Music Applied to Dance (in-person)

26 July, 9am – 12pm.

This workshop will highlight basic music theory and how to apply music theory in your teaching practice. In part one, the concepts of time and rhythm, pulses and subdivisions, the main musical time signatures, and how we choose to count and why will be explored. Part two will be practical, looking at how to choose appropriate music for creating training exercises, and considering use of voice. This workshop will be accompanied by a pianist.

Masterclass with Chris Fonseca: Where Sign Language Meets Dance (in-person)

26 July, 12.15 – 3.15pm.

A masterclass with Chris Fonseca, dance artist and choreographer specialising in hip-hop art forms. Throughout the session, you will discover how to navigate creativity and sustainability while enhancing your movement with elements of British Sign Language to sign dance in a fun, safe, and friendly environment.

Further information

Tutors

You can view further information about our tutors here.

Accommodation

If you are travelling to London and wish to stay near the RAD, the following hotels may be of interest: Holiday Inn Express – Wandsworth, Premier Inn – Wandsworth and Travelodge – London Battersea.

Fees

Members of the Royal Academy of Dance receive discounts on all CPD activities. You can view the fees for each activity by clicking on ‘Book now’ for your preferred currency.

How to book

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Contact

If you have any questions about this activity, please contact the CPD Team, cpd@rad.org.uk.

Movement Matters: Nurturing community, connections, and teaching innovations