All About Ballet

[Oh My Gosh]

Porky Pig:

When is the RAD exam in April?

Usually around 2nd week to end April.

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Imp75:

RAD can skip grades?


I was told CSTD no longer allows skipping of grades no matter how good you are.

does RAD allow students, to skip grade ?

had seen some students jumping 1 grade, successfully.
Some Tr in some ballet schools, do allow skipping one level grade.
eg
after pass RAD Grade 1, can jump straight directly into RAD Grade 3, skip Grade 2.


But if more than 1 grade level : not sure whether allowed or not ?
eg
after pass RAD Grade 1, can jump straight directly into RAD Grade 4 ?
(ie. skip 2 grade ?)

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Oh My Gosh:

Porky Pig:

When is the RAD exam in April?

Usually around 2nd week to end April.

yes, now almost reaching end of Feb 2016.

Our ballet Tr should be letting us parents know very soon, when is the actual exam date.
just need to ask your daughter's ballet Tr : when is the April 2016 exam ?

have the London RAD ballet examiner contacted your daughter's ballet Tr, inform her when she flying down to Singapore (both date and time), to exam your child ?

if London examiner had informed the Tr, then Tr will know exam date.
Otherwise, got to wait for London examiner to inform Tr.

[phtthp]

further info for parents :

who wish to DSA into Secondary schools (eg: SCGS), via ballet (Performing Arts route)

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... &start=140

(offer more info, concerning RAD Grade 6, 7, 8 ballet)

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gerzy123:

Imp75:

RAD can skip grades? I was told CSTD no longer allows skipping of grades no matter how good you are.

Yes, you can.

My dd skipped grade 2,3 to grade 4.
This is however depending on the schools policies.

Back to DSA ballet, the other school I know of via Ballet is MGS, Tanjong Katong girls, Paya Lebar Methodist.
You can visit their websites to find out more.

Thanks for confirming that, can actually skip more than one level grade, for RAD. In your case, your daughter managed to skip 2 level.
(the ballet centre where your daughter learning, is rare)

back to reality ...
many ballet Tr are un-willing to let their students skip grade.
Why ?
because to let their student skip one grade means that ... ballet Tr lose income $, for that particular lower level skipped. More often than not, Tr un-willing & unhappy, to let kid skip level (due to loss of income)

[ilovelaksa]

Hi, do you hv a ballet school to recommend for grade 7 ballet? My dd has done her Intermediate Foundation and grade 6 ballet. Currently she is doing Intermediate Ballet and wld like to do grade 7. Her ctr doesn’t offer RAD grades from grade 6 onwards. Thanks.

[Oh My Gosh]

phtthp:

gerzy123:

[quote=\"Imp75\"]RAD can skip grades? I was told CSTD no longer allows skipping of grades no matter how good you are.

Yes, you can.

My dd skipped grade 2,3 to grade 4.
This is however depending on the schools policies.

Back to DSA ballet, the other school I know of via Ballet is MGS, Tanjong Katong girls, Paya Lebar Methodist.
You can visit their websites to find out more.

Thanks for confirming that, can actually skip more than one level grade, for RAD. In your case, your daughter managed to skip 2 level.
(the ballet centre where your daughter learning, is rare)

back to reality ...
many ballet Tr are un-willing to let their students skip grade.
Why ?
because to let their student skip one grade means that ... ballet Tr lose income $, for that particular lower level skipped. More often than not, Tr un-willing & unhappy, to let kid skip level (due to loss of income)[/quote]I do not think it is the loss of income... after all, the student will end up paying more as higher grade fees are higher than lower grade. And the ballet teacher can always open new classes to take in new students starting from lower grades. To me, it is a mentality issue. Singapore ballet teachers are \"kia-si\" and emphasized a lot on foundation - so even if the student dances very well, they would prefer the students to go through the levels. Most ballet teachers whom I know allow the students to skip grades are mostly because of age restrictions, not because they dance well. Even the Singapore education system, MOE does not really allow students (though there are very rare exceptions I heard) to skip levels just because they are smart.

https://asiancorrespondent.com/2010/01/ ... singapore/

[Oh My Gosh]

Ballet teachers of DD and some of her other friends in other ballet schools have informed their ballet exam dates

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where to buy character shoes, for character dance ?

(old character shoes sized 13, too tight)

anyone got sized 13.5 or sized 14, to trade in ?

[sembgal]

phtthp:

where to buy character shoes, for character dance ?

(old character shoes sized 13, too tight)

anyone got sized 13.5 or sized 14, to trade in ?

Hi phtthp, you may like to check with your DD's ballet teacher about the character shoes. My dd's ballet shoes and all her ballet friends' character shoes and skirts are all borrowed from ballet teacher. Usually parents will donate the items they no longer need to the ballet teacher. Instead of throwing away ballet items, we have been donating the items back to the ballet teacher.