Record breaking Spring Exams
Our Spring exam session involved the most candidates we have EVER presented and we are delighted to report that ALL the candidates passed their exams with excellent results! A total of 586 candidates aged 5-17 sat exams and awards in ballet, tap, jazz, and acrobatics at all levels and with 3 different exam boards over a full week of examinations held in our Studios.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE BALLET EXAMS
One hundred and ten dancers entered for their graded exams and Class Awards with the RAD and achieved excellent results. The RAD syllabus is particularly demanding and the required standard is very high, so we are extremely proud of every candidate! Overall, 22 gained their Class Award; 7 gained Merit, 48 gained High Merit, and 33 gained Distinction!
We have a special congratulations to those students who gained over 80% in their graded exam:
Grade Three: Charlie Fleming 83%
Grade Four: Ava Green 80%
Grade Seven: Emily Paton 80%
Intermediate Foundation: Heidi Russell 83%
INTERNATIONAL DANCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS AND EXAMS
We welcomed Mrs Dennis to examine our graded tap candidates in our first ever live IDTA exam session. Forty-nine candidates sat their exam from Primary to Grade 4 levels and loved the experience! Mrs Dennis gave us very good feedback and we are very proud of the candidates for gaining 6 Pass, 24 Merit, and 19 Distinctions overall!
We have a special congratulations to those students who gained over 85% in their graded examination:
Primary: Ianna McIver 86% / Jessica Scott 87% / Orla McDonald 88%
Grade One: Jasmyn Soyka 86% / Amy Yates 88% / Emilia Goddard 88%
Grade Two: Libby Fisher 85% / Murray Leitch 87% / Marcus Miller 88%
Grade Three: Freya Jones 88% / Charlie Fleming 89% / Rachel Higgins 90% / Georgia Rosenfeld 90% / Jill Russell 92% / Heidi Russell 92%
Grade Four: Rachel Hunter 85% / Iona Lang 86% / Eva Inglis 88% / Violet Beattie 88%
ROSETTE AND STARDANCE AWARDS
Another 330 dancers entered for a range of awards with the IDTA by video assessment. Twenty-four dancers sat their Stardance Award in ballet to add a badge to their Stardance trophies, while a staggering 306 candidates aged 5-8 entered for their Rosette Awards in ballet, tap, jazz and acrobatics. It was our first time offering the Rosette Awards to all our Junior students, for some of them it was their first experience of an exam situation, and we were very proud of their performances! Everyone passed and will be presented with their awards and certificates soon!
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF DANCING
We follow the BATD syllabus for our acrobatics classes and were delighted to welcome examiner Mrs Smith to assess over 100 candidates in-person from First Steps to British Award levels. She was very impressed by the overall standard of technique, and especially commended teacher Diane on her choreography at each level. Across the 110 candidates, 13 gained Commended (the second highest band) and 97 gained Highly Commended (the highest band). Very well done everyone!
All our medals, rosettes, trophies, certificates and reports should arrive over the next few weeks and will be presented in class time.
CSBS CLASS TESTS
As well as assessments with the exam boards, we had 8 dancers sit a Class Test for tap, assessed by a CSBS teacher, and 28 little dancers sit their Pre-Primary ballet class test assessed by a guest teacher. They all performed very well and received excellent reports from the examiners! They will receive their awards in class time.
Well done to all the candidates and especially to the class teachers who had worked incredibly hard to prepare and support the children through their examinations! You can view a full gallery of the candidates on our CSBS Facebook page.