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General Information:
· Examinations are not compulsory but serve as a worthy goal for students to achieve.
· On passing the examination students receive an examination report / certificate and a medal from the Australian Teachers of Dancing Ltd.
· The Australian Teachers of Dancing is a highly reputed dance organisation in Australia and overseas and grade examinations can lead to examinations for Teaching Diplomas.
· Students enter the examination room in a relaxed, yet disciplined manner in groups of 6. Exercises are seen altogether as group (with the exception of Tap) and dances are seen in pairs in the junior grades. This does reduce tension for the students. The teacher aids the students for Tests 1 & 2.
· All dancewear requirements are available from Bloch Dancewear, (in Southland Shopping Centre), or Energetiks (East Boundary Rd. East Bentleigh).
· No-one is to be present in the examination room other than the studio teacher who plays the music for the examination.
· There are two formats for the examination procedure that can be achieved by the student. A) The examination itself: In this situation the student receives a full report and can be unsuccessful if the examiner sees that this is the case. In the test grades the students either pass or are unsuccessful, however in the above grades the students are graded on their performance with either a pass, credit, credit plus, commended, commended plus, highly commended, highly commended plus, honours, honours plus and honours with distinction.
B) The Participation certificate: In this case students are given a comment on the certificate from the examiner. The student is successful if he/ she participates in all the set work to an acceptable standard. The student is not graded and also receives a medal. Costs of both assessments are the same.
The staff would like to select / advise what is best for your child if you choose to take this option. Please advise us of this on the entry form.
Dance Assessment 1 & 2 (preschoolers) take the exam as a class (8-10) with the teacher dancing with them. This is a fun and relaxed environment and serves the purpose of orienting the students into the examination procedure. These students all receive a certificate and a medal on the condition that they participate in the class. THIS IS A VERY WORTHY EXPERIENCE for this age group.
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