Summer Intensive Syllabus Course
Monday 17 August 2026 – Friday 21 August 2026
Booking Deadline:
Monday 13 July 2026
Event Date:
Monday 17 August 2026 – Friday 21 August 2026
Country:
Location:
London
Available Online?
No
Who’s it for?
Fee:
Members: £224 per week (each syllabus level)
Non-members: £249 per week (each syllabus level)
Pilates
Members: £66 per week
Non-Members: £73.50 per week
Contact:
Notes:
The Pilates (afternoon session) is currently sold out. Click here to join the waiting list.
Enjoy expert coaching of the RAD Vocational Graded Syllabus, with experienced tutors at our purpose-built headquarters.
This intensive, held over 5-consecutive days, is suitable for students preparing for an RAD Exam and looking to deepen their classical ballet syllabus training, knowledge and understanding.
Includes:
- Syllabus-based barre and centre work
- Pointe work and coaching for those studying the female variations
- Virtuosity and coaching for those studying the male variations
Here’s what previous Summer Intensive attendees valued about the course:
“Honing skills and confidence building.”
“Joining with students from all over the world and being part of the RAD family.”
“Dancing with and gaining experience from peers.”
Faculty
We are delighted to be joined by:
Emily Koschyk
Hilary Clark
Ruth Henry
Wendy Jardine
About the faculty
Emily Koschyk
Intermediate Foundation and Advanced 1 Faculty
Emily Anne Koschyk (RAD Teaching Dip, Dip LCDD, ISTD
DDE) trained at London College of Dance and Drama in
Bedford and graduated with Distinction in Teaching Studies. In 1988 she moved to Germany and danced in national television and theatre productions. She taught in various schools around the country before opening her own school.
At this time, she also led a full-time 3-year teacher
training programme, from which many young aspiring teachers successfully graduated. In 2020 Emily relocated back to the south of England and now teaches on a freelance basis. She conducts workshops and teaches at various summer schools in Europe.
Since its inception in 2004 Emily has been a tutor for a number of modules of the Royal Academy of Dance CBTS and also tutors on the PDPTC Programme based in Berlin. She is an examiner and was invited to be a CPD tutor for all levels from Pre-Primary to Advanced 2 and travels extensively in these roles. Emily is a tutor for the Royal Ballet School’s Inspire series.
Hilary Clark
Intermediate and Advanced 2 Faculty
Hilary Clark (ARAD (Dip PDTC), RTS), trained at Rambert School and after graduation joined Scottish Ballet, performing in all the major classics and new works, after which she toured extensively with London City Ballet and then graduated with Honours from the RAD’s PDTC course.
Hilary was Assistant Director at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and has taught at Elmhurst, Laine Theatre Arts and London Junior/Senior Ballet, Central School of Ballet and at the RAD Dance School where she continues to teach. Hilary has devised and conducted teacher’s CPD courses throughout the world, taught the Phyllis Bedells Bursary on-stage class and has worked as the senior tutor for the PDTD London course and led and assessed the classical section of PDTD, China.
Hilary has been an external assessor worldwide, judged Dance Challenges in London, USA and Malaysia, choreographic awards, scholarships and the Solo Seal, London.
In 2013 Hilary was invited to teach and coach candidates of The Fonteyn (Genée) International Ballet Competition in Glasgow and again in London 2015, Lisbon 2017, and Toronto 2019. At Antwerp in 2014 and Hong Kong in 2018, she was privileged to have been invited to produce the competition, coach, and teach the ‘on stage’ Ballet class. In 2021 Hilary was part of the international online team conducting Dancer’s Own and Classical Repertoire coaching in 10 countries on zoom.
In 2017 Hilary worked as the Artistic Consultant for Dance Proms at The Royal Albert Hall.
Between 2018 and 2020 Hilary was the Artistic Adviser to the RAD.
Hilary was a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Dance and member of both the Artistic and Educational sub committees 2016 -2023.
In 2025 As well as her regular teaching and delivering on the Examination Intensive course in London Hilary travelled to Kuala Lumpur to deliver the same course and to China to sit on the panel of their prestigious Youth Ballet Challenge and deliver CPD at their 2oth anniversary conference.
By annual invitation Hilary is external assessor for Central School of Ballet’s Associate Programme and continues to be a consultant for the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre.
Ruth Henry
Intermediate and Advanced Foundation Faculty
Ruth Henry (BA Hons, LRAD, ARAD, RTS) graduated from the BA (Hons) in Ballet Education degree course, and attained the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance (LRAD). She currently works as a free lance ballet teacher in London and the surrounding areas, and tutors on numerous RAD teacher training programmes, including the LRAD. Ruth joined the panel of RAD examiners in December 2021 and is an approved RAD CPD tutor.
Since 2009, Wendy has taught Pilates to dancers. She creates and presents courses to ballet teachers in the principles of Pilates, too, so teachers can use the knowledge in their teaching.
Wendy Jardine
Pilates Faculty
Wendy is trained to Master Level and has been teaching Pilates since 2007. She uses Pilates to empower dancers in all of their movement. Pilates gives them the conscious awareness of their strengths and imbalances and equips them with the tools to self-care, rebalance and avoid injury. They enhance and improve their strength, mobility and flexibility, by knowing how and where every muscle is, and why each muscle group makes a move, big or small, or is a deep stabilising muscle. By isolating, engaging and feeling, which muscles are creating what, the dancers can consciously call upon them in their training and performance, which takes their work to another level. Within these sessions, which flow from one move to another, the dancers learn how to use their breath to stabilise, connect and relax. This tool enriches life skills, exam technique and is deeply calming.
When Wendy is not at the Academy, she teaches in West Dulwich and currently many sessions over Zoom. She has a forever growing online library of over a hundred sessions www.pilates-instructor.net
Content
10.15am – 1pm
RAD Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate
or
2.30pm – 5.15pm
RAD Advanced Foundation, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2
Supplementary: Combine your chosen syllabus level with a Pilates class from 9am – 10am or 1.15pm – 2.15pm, to help strengthen your ballet technique.
Fees
Each syllabus level
- Members: £224 per week
- Non-members: £249 per week
Pilates
- Members: £66 per week
- Non-Members: £73.50 per week
Dancers who are members of the RAD will receive a discounted price. Please enter your RAD ID when prompted to do so during the booking process to receive this discount.
Venue
Royal Academy of Dance
188 York Road
London
SW11 3JZ
See helpful information on how to find us here.
Further information
Venue
Royal Academy of Dance
188 York Road
London
SW11 3JZ
Eligibility
Students aged 11 years and above, studying RAD Intermediate Foundation to Advanced 2, with a thorough knowledge of the complete syllabus, including their chosen variations.
Exam entry
Students attending the Summer Intensive have the opportunity to be entered in a special exam session to take place between 22 – 27 August 2026, at the RAD headquarters.
Please enquire with exams@rad.org.uk for further details. Exam entries must be completed before June 2026.
Why choose Pilates
Pilates benefits Dancers: in fact, Pilates benefits every body.
So, what is Pilates?
Joseph Pilates was a man who created 34 moves in a system he called ‘Contrology’ or ‘Conscious Movement’. He worked with ballet dancers, often injured ones, who then took their understanding into their companies. And so, Contrology became an important discipline within these companies.
Why do Contrology aka Pilates?
Wendy grounds her teaching of Contrology in his moves, and everything she teaches is underpinned by robust scientific studies and understanding. She works the full body in every session by cueing you through flowing Pilates moves, often in discrete parts. With Wendy, you’ll discover every muscle group, and know how to maintain strength, while dancing with control and flexibility.
Pilates will show you any imbalances you might have, and the result will be that you become super aware and able to heal, giving your body balanced strength, literally from top to toe. You will feel and control the training you give to every body part. You will progress, because your body continually adapts and is fluid. You will access every part of your body, from the deepest layers outwards, and this is true whether you’re feeling fabulous, a bit stiff, or recovering from an injury. We are all fluid, and Pilates will heal you from the inside out.
As your knowledge develops, and your body adapts, you’ll perfect your tone and master the moves with a complete understanding of the why, how, where and what, and be fully aware of how it relates to ballet. Your training will enhance every moment of every ballet move. With this knowledge, dancers consciously call upon their muscles in their training and performance, which takes their technique and work to another level.
You will also learn how to use your breath – this tool alone enriches life skills, core and emotional connection, exam technique, and is deeply calming. Pilates enriches the body and mind.
You will find your body is balanced, stabilised, and aligned in every session, and you will take that knowledge into your everyday life too. You will always know how to maintain strength and flexibility in all that you do, without any stress or strains, and you’ll be equipped with the wonderful knowledge of how to consciously relax every muscle, easing body and mind. You’ll be life-ready and dance-ready with strength, awareness, and calmness, from the inside out.
Booking process
Places are limited in each class and secured on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Payment is required at the time of booking.
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- Please quote the CVENT order no/ticket reference when contacting the RAD with any queries related to your booking.
- Please ensure you have read the Terms and Conditions, which includes the RAD’s cancellation policy.
When a class is fully-booked, a waiting list will be activated. The Learning and Participation Team will contact you via email should a suitable place become available.
After the closing date, you will receive an additional confirmation by email, detailing registration times, suggested dress, and all other relevant information for the course and venue.
For all queries, please email participate@rad.org.uk.
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