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What the Royal Academy of Dance has to offer Classical ballet is exciting, demanding and inspiring. For ballet to retain its vigor it is vital to have professional classical ballet teachers, equipped with internationally recognized qualifications, imparting their knowledge and love of dance to future generations. The Royal Academy of Dance is the largest examining and teacher education organization for classical ballet in the world. With over 17,000 members, its influence has spread to over 84 countries and it has a network of international offices and representatives. There are currently 1,200 students in full-time or part-time teacher training with the Academy. Each year, the Academy Examination Syllabus is taught to more than 250,000 students.

Quality training to provide teaching professionals you can trust


Parents want the best for their children and we strive to provide the best in the field of classical ballet training. All our teachers have graduated from one of our teacher education programs, which entitles them to be included in the Academy's Register of Teachers. We take care to monitor our teachers, throughout their training and beyond, to ensure that standards are maintained, and our range of courses is designed to help teachers develop their professional careers.

Ten Things about the Academy 185, 000 children and students examined or assessed in classical ballet annually 17,600 members in 84 countries 5,500 registered teachers in 65 countries 1,200 students studying to become teachers of classical ballet in 48 countries 580 graduates at Certificate, Diploma and Degree levels in 1998. 400 courses offered worldwide for continuing professional development 37 offices representing 73 countries 17 summer schools held at selected centers worldwide for children and students 8 full-time or part-time teacher education programs available to students and ex-professionals OK there were only Nine!

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A Brief History of the Royal Academy of Dance


The Royal Academy of Dancing was born at the Trocadero Restaurant in Piccadilly, London in 1920 on the 31st December, by a small group of eminent dance professionals. Brought together by Philip Richardson, Editor of the British magazine Dancing Times, the Group included five great European dancers: Adeline Genée, Tamara Karsavina, Lucia Cormani, Edouard Espinosa, and Phyllis Bedells. Between them, they represented the principal dance training methods of the time - Genée the Danish school, Karsavina the Russian school, Cormani the Italian school, Espinosa the French school, and Bedells the English school. Their concern was for the poor quality and badly organized state of dance training in Britain. If standards of ballet were to improve, they decided, something had to be done about the way it was taught. There and then they formed themselves into the Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing - the organization that was to become the Royal Academy of Dancing. Over the next decade, the Association grew in size and influence, and in 1936 at the last Privy Council Meeting of King George V, the Association was granted a Royal Charter and became the Royal Academy of Dancing, the youngest of the five Royal Academies. In 1997 The Benesh Institute, the custodian of Benesh Movement Notation, was amalgamated with the Royal Academy of Dancing.