

RAD Debut
Monday 11 August 2025 – Friday 15 August 2025
Monday – Thursday: 10am – 1.30 pm
Friday 3pm – 5pm (all groups)
Performance: Friday 6 – 6.30pm
Event Date:
Monday 11 August 2025 – Friday 15 August 2025
Event Time:
Monday – Thursday: 10am – 1.30 pm
Friday 3pm – 5pm (all groups)
Performance: Friday 6 – 6.30pm
Country:
Location:
Royal Academy of Dance
Available Online?
No
Who’s it for?
Ages 11–13
Contact:
Join us from 11–15 August for an exciting free week of dance. As part of the London Borough of Culture programme, we’re running short courses across the borough—in Battersea, Putney, Balham, and Tooting—designed especially for beginners. You’ll learn the fundamentals and get moving with confidence.
Over the week, you’ll also work on a special piece called ‘Elements of Romeo and Juliet’, choreographed by Shevelle Dynott, former dancer with English National Ballet. You’ll discover how to bring characters to life through dance, movement and storytelling.

At the end of the week, all groups will come together to perform at RAD headquarters in a chance to show off everything you’ve learned and celebrate your debut.
Criteria
Children must be:
- 11 – 13 years old,
- live in or go to school in the borough of Wandsworth, and
- have not attended regular dance classes before or haven’t done so in the last 3 to 5 years. (This does not include P.E. at school or one-off dance workshops).
Class information
There are 6 different classes to choose from, they will all be taught by RAD Teachers:
Battersea
Royal Academy of Dance, 188 York Road, London, SW11 3JZ
Putney
St Mary’s Church, Putney, Putney High St, London SW15 1SN
*Friday will be RAD headquarters 188 York Road, London, SW11 3JZ
Balham
Chestnut Grove Academy. Chestnut Grove, London SW12 8JZ (Boundaries Road entrance)
*Friday will be RAD headquarters 188 York Road, London, SW11 3JZ
Tooting
Franciscan Primary School. 221 Franciscan Rd, London SW17 8HQ
* Friday will be RAD headquarters 188 York Road, London, SW11 3JZ
Times
Class
Monday – Thursday: 10am – 1.30 pm
Friday: 3pm – 5pm (All groups will come to the Royal Academy of Dance headquarters, 188 York Road, London, SW11 3JZ)
Performance
Friday: 6pm – 6.30pm (Royal Academy of Dance, 188 York Road, London, SW11 3JZ)
On the final day of the programme, all the dancers will come together for a mass rehearsal, at the Royal Academy of Dance headquarters in Battersea, and that evening, will make their debut, performing for their friends and family.
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