RAD United Kingdom | Creative Approaches in Teaching Character Work: Russian, Hungarian and Ukrainian Styles (Grades 1

Event Date:

Sunday 1 March 2026

Event Time:

10am – 1pm and 2 – 5pm GMT

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Exeter

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Who’s it for?

These courses are open to all ballet teachers. They are recommended for early career teachers.

Fee:

Members £58 | €67 | $79 per course
Non-members £80 | €93 | $108 per course

Contact:

cpd@rad.org.uk

This series of practice-based courses, which can be taken as stand-alone or as a suite of courses, explore the styles, techniques and movement vocabularies (steps) found in the Russian, Hungarian and Ukrainian character dances as presented in RAD Grades 1 and 2, and Grades 3 and 4 syllabi.

Through creating training exercises, choreographing free enchaînements, and discussing ideas with others, participants will gain a greater appreciation of the different artistic and technical aspects of each character style.

Through practice-based tasks, participants will become more confident in choreographing character work settings which are technically and stylistically sound as well as inspiring and enjoyable for students.

These courses are essential for all levels of teachers, but in particular for early career (recent graduate) teachers and dance teachers who would like to refresh and extend their knowledge, understanding and skills in teaching character work.

Dates and Times

Grade 1 (Russian) and Grade 2 (Hungarian)

1 March, 10am – 1pm

Grade 3 (Ukrainian) and Grade 4 (Hungarian)

1 March, 2 – 5pm

Aim

The aims of the courses are:

To explore and develop teaching strategies in the teaching of character work across the RAD Grades 1 and 2, and Grades 3 and 4 syllabi, and
To increase and consolidate knowledge and understanding of the required stylistic and technical expectations of the Russian, Hungarian and Ukrainian Character styles.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of one or more of the courses, you will:

have increased confidence creating informed and inspiring training exercises and enchaînements to develop character work,
have the knowledge, understand and performance skills which demonstrate the required technical and performance expectations of different character style,
have a greater understanding of how character dance can be taught in an interactive, accessible and inclusive manner,
have greater knowledge and understanding of how character work can both support and develop the ballet technique, performance and artistry.

Venue

Exeter Academy of Dance, Retail Park Close, Marsh Barton, Exeter EX2 8LG

Recommended Preparation

Participants should have basic knowledge of the applicable level character work as presented in RAD syllabi.

Tutor

Katheryn Tsangaris ARAD MA RAD RTS

Katheryn has over 25 years of experience teaching dance to all ages and abilities in three different countries. Her career began in South Africa as a professional dancer, performing classical ballet, contemporary, and jazz dance. Simultaneously, she started teaching all three dance forms, which she continued after moving to Greece in 1998. There she began to focus more on teaching classical ballet achieving Registered Teacher status with RAD in 2003.

She moved to England in 2011 where she has continued teaching and entering students for exams before training as an RAD Examiner in November 2022. Throughout her teaching career she has taught all ages from pre-school to older adults, and all levels from beginners to pre-professionals. Katheryn’s approach to teaching enhances strength and flexibility in order to reduce the likelihood of injuries and enhance students’ capabilities for expressive communication through movement, as well as applying proven and up-to-date dance pedagogy and psychology.

CPD Hours

3 hours Time-Valued CPD per course

Fees

Members of the Royal Academy of Dance receive discounts on all CPD activities.

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Contact

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Creative Approaches in Teaching Character Work: Russian, Hungarian and Ukrainian Styles (Grades 1 – 4)