The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) was established in 1920 by a group of professional dance artists brought together by Philip Richardson, editor of the Dancing Times and including:

• Adeline Genée - Denmark
• Tamara Karsavina - Russia
• Lucia Cormani - Italy
• Edouard Espinosa - France
• Phyllis Bedells - England

Representing the principal dance training methods of the time the group formed the Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing in Great Britain . Over the next fifteen years the Association grew in size and influence and which lead to the granting of a royal charter. At the last Privy Council Meeting of King George V in 1936 the Association became the Royal Academy of Dancing.

In 1997 The Benesh Institute, international centre for Benesh Movement Notation was amalgamated with the Royal Academy of Dancing.

With over 15,500 members in 82 countries the Royal Academy of Dance is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world. Members receive a monthly magazine "Dance Gazette". It is the largest classical ballet examining body in the world. Over 200,000 candidates take RAD examinations each year.

Related articles

• Ballet
• Benesh Movement Notation

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• Royal Academy of Dance Canada
• Royal Academy of Dance Australia
• Royal Academy of Dance New Zealand
• Royal Academy of Dance South Africa
• Royal Academy of Dance Brazil
• Royal Academy of Dance Germany

• Radacadabra RAD website for children aged five to ten