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Techniques for Teaching Advanced Levels Allegro

Wednesday 24 September 2025

11.30am-2.30pm AEST

Events → Short course/Workshop → Techniques for Teaching Advanced Levels Allegro

Booking Deadline:

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Event Date:

Wednesday 24 September 2025

Event Time:

11.30am-2.30pm AEST

Country:

Location:

Sydney (NSW)

Available Online?

No

Who’s it for?

Dance Teachers

Fee:

RAD Registered Teachers $120 AUD / Early Bird $108 until 26 August
RAD FoE Students $120 AUD / Early Bird $108 until 26 August
Non-members $180 AUD / Early Bird $162 until 26 August

Contact:

cpd@rad.org.au

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This series of 6 workshops will provide an in-depth understanding of effective teaching methods, leveraging the fundamentals of classical ballet technique, by breaking down the ballet class into components and conducting analysis of its technical elements. Individual workshops will include topics on Barre work, Ports de Bras and Adage, Pirouettes, Allegro, Boys work and Pointe work. This workshop will focus on teaching advanced levels allegro for both male and female students.

Aims

The aims of this workshop are to:

  • Enhance participants’ understanding of classical ballet technique.
  • Increase understanding of the purpose and development of exercises.
  • Develop effective teaching strategies and methods to convey concepts to students of varying ages and skill levels.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the workshop, you will:

  • Have an increased understanding of classical ballet technique as it relates to the workshop topic.
  • Have gained practical experience of effective teaching strategies and methods regarding the specific component of the class.
  • Understand how to incorporate these strategies into your dance teaching practice.

Format

In-person practical workshop

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

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

Required preparation

  • Participants should be well versed in subject terminology
  • Recommended for those that have a minimum 1-2 years of teaching experience

Required resources

  • Suitable clothing 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

3 hours CPD Time-Valued

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