Grades 1-3: Focus on classical dances

Booking Deadline:

Tuesday 14 January 2025

Event Date:

Wednesday 5 February 2025 – Thursday 6 February 2025

Event Time:

9.30am – 12.30pm AEST

Location:

Brisbane (Australia)

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Who’s it for?

Dance teachers

Fee:

Members $240 AUD
FoE students $120 AUD
Non-members $360 AUD

Contact:

cpd@rad.org.au

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A 6-hour practical course, split over two mornings, in which participating teachers will gain a detailed understanding of the steps and movements of each of the Classical Variations within Grades 1-3. Learning activities relating to the development and presentation of the original choreography will be taught and the examination and assessment criteria relating to the variations will also be discussed.

Aims:

The aims of this workshop are to:

provide teachers with an in-depth analysis of the choreography relating to the Classical Dances of Grades 1-3 (female and male), and
enhance knowledge and understanding of the technique, style and musicality relating to each variation.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

demonstrate, physically and or through explanation, an understanding of the technique and movement quality in each variation,
demonstrate, physically and or through explanation, an understanding of the performance elements for each variation, and
discuss musical interpretation.

Format

In-person practical workshop – includes practical exercises and group activities in the studio with your tutor and fellow teachers.

Venue

Kick Dance Studio, 29 Breene Place, Morningside QLD 4170

Recommended Preparation

Attendance of an introductory Grades 1-3 course or a working knowledge of the content of Grades 1-3 including the variations (male and female)
Approaches and methodology to help their students develop expressive and confident performance
Knowledge and understanding of the assessment criteria for examinations (male and female)

Required resources

Suitable clothing to take part in the practical elements
Relevant props related to each of the dances

Tutor

Debra Whitten

Debra Whitten (A.R.A.D Solo Seal) is an Examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance and is also an appointed Solo Seal Examiner and Standardisation Examiner. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Diploma in Dance, Debra opened her own school the Debra Whitten School of Dance which offers classes from 2 years- vocational full-time training. As a well-respected RAD Examiner, she travels throughout Australia and overseas, which gives her a high exposure to up-to-date training methodologies, syllabi content and examiner criteria. Debra has trained numerous successful and outstanding dancers at both her own school and as a faculty member of the Queensland Dance School of Excellence for over eighteen years.

CPD Hours

8 hours Time-Valued CPD

Fees

Member type	Fees
RAD member	$240 AUD
RAD FoE student	$120 AUD
Non-RAD member	$360 AUD

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Contact

For more information contact:

Anna Mealing
CPD Coordinator: amealing@rad.org.au