Confuddled Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) I’ve been googling but can’t seem to find the answer - how do the Cecchetti ballet grades compare to the better known ones like ISTD and RAD. I know they cover different things, but I just wanted to know roughly which grades were equivalent to each other. Edited November 25, 2018 by Confuddled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerlime Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Speaking from personal experience of Cechetti and RAD, I have found ADV1 Cechetti notably harder than RAD ADV1. But I don't claim to be an expert xx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy twinkle toes Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Cecchetti tends to be more intricate than RAD, More emphasis on port de bras and freework. Is it a particular grade you are interested in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 My DD has done both advanced exams and said the cecchetti is much more intricate. There is theory too in cecchetti. X try this link it has all the exercises listed. https://foundationsofcurriculum-courtney.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/1/7/27174393/cecchetti-syllabusoutlline.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 My experience of studying both syllabi (although I've never bothered with the exams) is that Cecchetti is more "dancey." I've had teachers who don't know me (eg in open classes) pick me as "Cecchetti trained", although when I travel & do classes in the US, they always pick the "English" training. I think that's the RAD influence in British training - very upright and somewhat more controlled, compared with the extended lines of, say Russian-style training, and the more fast & furious style that influenced in the USA (via the popularity of Balanchine). BUt I do find the Cecchetti work more interesting & challenging. But I think the grade levels are meant to be pretty much interchangeable. I wonder if in recent years, the RAD has stretched out their curriculum because in the UK it is almost the "default" syllabus and needs to meet the needs and education of a much wider variety of dancer skills & abilities. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuddled Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 That’s all interesting, thanks! Dd was saying that Cecchetti grade 3 was a lot harder than ISTD grade 3, and that she was learning stuff she’d seen in much higher ISTD classes. So it made me wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encroix Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 DD does Cecchetti and is currently studying grade 5. Her other teacher who is RAD said she would put her into the Interfoundation class if doing RAD. When DD did an RAD Associate course last year, there seemed to be a disparity of a couple of grades between the two. E. G. DD was working at grade 3 and was put into class with girls doing RAD grades 5/6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara in NZ Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 On 26/11/2018 at 21:37, Kate_N said: But I think the grade levels are meant to be pretty much interchangeable. I wonder if in recent years, the RAD has stretched out their curriculum because in the UK it is almost the "default" syllabus and needs to meet the needs and education of a much wider variety of dancer skills & abilities. Paula Hunt, who taught at our dance school until she left for the RAD in London, led the development of the new RAD syllabus. One of her colleagues was telling me that she wanted to get away from the notion of 'little RAD robots' and get more expression into the syllabus. DD's current teacher trained in both Cecchetti and RAD in Sth Africa (Cecchetti is rarely taught in NZ). She regularly uses Cecchetti exercises in open classes, including my adult class last night. What I really liked was the exercise called 'Centre Practice' where you literally stand in fifth just 'dancing with your arms'. RAD Centre Practice usually involves pirouettes, and even the exercise the RAD calls 'Port de Bras' always has the feet moving as well. I really like the space to just focus on movement of the arms! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I hope people have spotted this thread out in the main forum: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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