Syllabus Strategies: Focus on Advanced 1 and 2 Male CPD Course

Booking Deadline:

Thursday 29 May 2025

Event Date:

Monday 16 June 2025

Event Time:

9am-3.30pm AEST

Location:

Sydney (Australia)

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Who’s it for?

Dance teachers

Fee:

RAD Registered Teachers $240 AUD / Early Bird $215 until 22 May
Current RAD FoE students $120 AUD / Early Bird $108 until 22 May
Non-members $360 AUD / Early Bird $325 until 22 May

Contact:

cpd@rad.org.au

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A one-day practical course in which participants will gain an understanding of how to teach the Advanced 1 and 2 (Male) syllabi. Learning activities will focus on the understanding of appropriate development exercises to encourage an accurate interpretation of the criteria used in the mark scheme of the examination.

Aims

The aim of this course is to:

Discuss and develop strategies and development exercises to support Advanced 1 and 2 (Male) students in their learning, understanding and embodiment of the syllabus work.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, you will have:

a greater understanding of the technique required at both levels,
greater knowledge of the relevance and interpretation of the assessment criteria in selected exercises and variations, and
a greater understanding of how to best support learners in their development of the necessary physical, musical and artistic demonstration to achieve the requirements of the assessment criteria in the examination.

Format

In-person practical course

Includes practical exercises and group activities in the studio with your tutor and fellow teachers. When participating in the practical elements of these activities, you are participating at your own risk and should only do those activities that you consider safe for your own body. Before participating, please ensure you are in a safe space, that is free of obstacles, suitable to work in safely, that the floor surface is suitable and that you have appropriate footwear for that surface.

Venue

The Royal Academy of Dance, 20 Farrell Avenue, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Required preparation

Knowledge of the exercises and variations of the RAD Advanced 1 & 2 Male syllabus.

Required resources

Clothing suitable for the practical elements

Tutor

Hilary Kaplan

Hilary Kaplan was born in South Africa. A child prodigy in various styles of dancing, she trained with the late Reina Berman (ballet) and with Mercedes Molina (Spanish dancing), Luisa Cortes and Enrique Segovia (Spanish dancing). For a number of years, she won most of the first prizes in Ballet, Spanish, Character and Classical Greek in all the major dance competitions in Johannesburg. 

Having done outstandingly well in all her Royal Academy of Dance examinations including achieving the Solo Seal, she was awarded the RAD Bursary, which enabled her to complete her training at the Royal Ballet School in London. She then returned to South Africa where she danced with PACT and CAPAB. 

She then married and settled down to open her own highly successful ballet school. While teaching she completed a BA at the University of Witwatersrand majoring in languages. 

Hilary was subsequently appointed a Dual Examiner and Tutor for the Royal Academy of Dance and a Dual Examiner for the Spanish Dance Society. She is a sought-after examiner and teacher travelling all over the world, appearing regularly on the faculties of international summer schools and seminars. In 1996 she moved to Australia with her husband and five daughters. While examining in Sydney that year, she met Archibald McKenzie, with whom she conducted a number of courses for the RAD. She went on, together with Archibald, to found Alegria in 1998. Since then she has qualified with a Licenciate Diploma in the Cecchetti method and has been recently awarded the Prestigious FRAD by the Royal Academy of Dance.

CPD Hours

8 hours Time-Valued CPD

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