Royal Academy of Dance Grade 1 Ballet

The Graded Examinations in Dance Syllabus consists of three dance disciplines:
Ballet - the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus.
Free Movement - influenced by and incorporating movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance.
Character - the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles - Hungarian, Russian and Polish - were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.