Teachers

Created to re-ignite a passion for ballet amongst young people, the competition aims to give students the opportunity to develop creatively and musically and encourage them to experience the absolute thrill of performing in front of an audience.

Help us to achieve our aim by entering your students and supporting your regional heat; we want every student to leave the stage with teh sound of applause ringing in their ears.

• Recognising talent of your students
• Providing them with opportunities to perform
• Raising the profile of your dance school
• Ensuring the future of British ballet

The competition will consist of Regional Heats and a Final.  At both events competitions will be required to participate in a:

• Non-Syllabus classical class
• Performance of individual variation

At the core of the competition, teachers are required to teach the variations to their students before they compete in their local heat.  All variations are available on DVD accompanied by Word Notes and Sheet Music.

The notes have been designed to aid RAD Registered teachers in their learning of the four variations choreographed exclusively for the competition at each level by Gillian Lynne CBE. They provide a detailed step-by-step guide to the choreography, detailing positions, time signatures and the main attributes that dancers should display in conjunction with the steps. In addition, the Benesh Institute has provided Benesh Movement Notation for each of the four variations for further clarification. The variations are the intellectual copyright of Gillian Lynne CBE and as such cannot be performed, used or reproduced outside of the competition.

Music for the variations is taken from John Williams’ film scores for Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with the kind permission of the composer and Warner Chappell. CD recordings of the music are available on Music from & Inspired by the Motion Picture Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban. Cond. John Williams. Nonesuch Records 7567-83711-5 and Music from and inspired by the Motion Picture Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Cond. John Williams. Warner Sunset/Nonesuch Atlantic 7567-93086-5. Precise timings from these recordings are given in the music information section before each variation. Piano arrangements of the music for the variations, taken from John William’s film scores for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and used by permission of John Williams and Warner Chappell Ltd, rights reserved for UK only.

Variations Pack and Sheet music are available to buy from Royal Academy of Dance Enterprises Ltd. For further information please contact RADE: http://mailto:sales@rad.org.uk tel: +44 (0)20 7326 8080 or visit Please visit their website: