Editing Ballet (section)

=== The Royal Academy of Dance method (RAD) ===
[[File:Young girls competing at the Royal Academy of Dancing (London) exams held in Brisbane and Toowoomba, 1938 (7946600826).jpg|thumb|Young girls competing at the Royal Academy of Dancing (London) exams held in Brisbane and Toowoomba, 1938]]

The [[Royal Academy of Dance|Royal Academy of Dance method]], also referred to as the English style of ballet, was established in 1920 by Genee, Karsavina, Bedells, E Espinosa, and Richardson. The goal of this method is to promote academic training in classical ballet throughout Great Britain. This style also spread to the United States, and is widely utilized still today. There are specific grade levels which a student must move through in order to complete training in this method.<ref name="rad2">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/balletclassillus0000unse/mode/2up |isbn=978-0-09-186531-3 |title=Ballet class : An illustrated guide to the official ballet syllabus | year=1998 |publisher=Ebury Press }}</ref><ref name=rad1>{{cite web|url=http://www.dancevillage.com/en/dance-methods/royal-academy-dance.php|title=Ballet Training Techniques - The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) - DANCE VILLAGE - dance portal and online community|website=www.dancevillage.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227063431/http://www.dancevillage.com/en/dance-methods/royal-academy-dance.php|archive-date=2016-02-27}}</ref> The key principle behind this method of instruction is that basic ballet technique must be taught at a slow pace, with difficulty progression often much slower than the rest of the methods. The idea behind this is if a student is to put in a large amount of effort into perfecting the basic steps, the technique learned in these steps allow a student to utilize harder ones at a much easier rate.<ref name=":2"/>