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Diana de Vos Ballet Awards

Dance 6 Dec, 2018

Royal Academy of Dance’s Inaugural Diana de Vos Awards Winners Announced in WA Event The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia has announced the winners of its annual ballet Awards Day in Western Australia which only this year was named after local dance figure Diana de Vos-Beck… Read Article

Director of RAD to Retire after 29 Years

Dance 29 Nov, 2018

Royal Academy of Dance Australia’s Longest Serving Director to Step Down Bronwyn Watkins Retires After 29 years After 29 years as National Director of the Royal Academy of Dance in Australia, Bronwyn Watkins will be retiring in July 2019. Bronwyn is the longest serving National… Read Article

RAD Ballet Prize

Dance 15 Nov, 2018

Queensland Dancer Wins Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 1 Bursary Final A Queensland student has won the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australian Advanced 1 Bursary Final  held in Canberra in November. Emilia Bignami, trained by Rosanna Castellana at Promenade Dance Studio, impress… Read Article

DAIR 2019

Dance 4 Oct, 2018

Dance Artist In Residence Program 2019 Round One Closes October 26th Ausdance NSW‘s Dance Artist in Residence Program (DAIR) invites independent dance artists, collectives, collaborators and companies of any dance genre to submit proposals for the 2019 Round 1 program, whic… Read Article

Ballet at Darling Harbour

Dance 26 Sep, 2018

The RAD takes Ballet to the People at Sydney’s Darling Harbour Pop-Up Event | Saturday 29 September 9am-12pm The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia is transforming the picturesque Darling Harbour into a dance space this spring as part of a special Pop-Up event in Sydney. On Sa… Read Article

Silver Swans | Ballet for Adults

Dance 13 Sep, 2018

Real Ballet for Over-55s New Program by RAD backed by Caroline O’Conner “There is nothing that compares to the joy you feel when you hear music and you begin to dance.” – Caroline O’Connor The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) have launched its Silver Swans programme featuring b… Read Article

2018 Genée Results

Dance 17 Aug, 2018

Results from the 2018 Genée International Ballet Competition Australian Male Dancer takes out Gold!

Joshua Green, from Australia & Monet Hewitt, from New Zealand awarded coveted gold medals

Silver medals awarded to Caitlin Garlick, from Australia & Basil James, from the UK

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Genée Finalists

Dance 11 Aug, 2018

Half of The Genée Finalists Are Aussies! Watch the Live Streamed Final Tomorrow at 4:30pm (EST) After a week of classes and workshops with 51 candidates from 13 countries, 14 finalists have been selected to compete in the Final on Sunday 12th August in Hong Kong. This is the first time in t… Read Article

Repertoire Added to RAD Syllabus

Dance 14 Dec, 2017

World Launch of RADs Discovering Repertoire Program in Brisbane New Performance Program for Classical Dancers Discovering Repertoire is an innovative new concept in training and assessment from the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD). It is a flexible, modular classic ballet performance… Read Article

Genée 2017 in Lisbon

Dance 16 Feb, 2017

The Royal Academy of Dance has announce that the Genée International Ballet Competition 2017 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 7–16 September. This follows on from the success of the 2016 Genée held in Sydney, Australia, last December. [You can still view the recording of the 2016… Read Article