Ballet Curriculum

Ballet Certification for advanced students.  

"The RAD Syllabus is without doubt the most comprehensive and purest of  the classical syllabi that is available to the teachers of today.   Deceptively simple, but technically demanding, it challenges students of  all levels..."
-Tracey Alvey
Artistic Director, Alabama Ballet 

The Royal Academy of Dance is one of the world's most influential dance education and training organizations.  The RAD promotes the knowledge, understanding and  practice of dance internationally.  The RAD curriculum is designed to provide students with a comprehensive classical ballet education. The progressive curriculum is designed to build on technical skills, musicality, and performance. This is based on beginner levels and knowledge of previous levels.

The Royal Academy of Dance is internationally recognized  for the highest standards of teaching and learning, as a leader in  continuing professional development in dance and as the professional  membership body that supports and promotes dance teachers at every step  of their career encouraging their innovative contributions to dance and  education throughout the world.

The RAD examination syllabus,   taught to more than a quarter of a million students worldwide, helps and  encourages teachers to perfect their teaching skills and pass on this  knowledge to their students.

The Academy's patron is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  Today the RAD has a presence in 79 countries, with 36 offices and  approximately 14,000 members worldwide. .

All SheLor students including recreational through competitive levels learn the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus during their ballet classes.

SheLor School of Dance is a certified Acrobatic Arts studio. Our Acrobatic Instructors have been certified to teach the world’s most trusted and renown program in the Dance, Acrobatic and Gymnastic world. 

The Acrobatic Arts Syllabus fuses the elements crucial to transforming the dancer into an outstanding Dance-Athlete. Additionally, the program allows the teacher to enhance the student's dance and acrobatic ability by using the stepping stones of each level’s acrobatic elements.

The Acrobatic Arts Syllabus enhances the student’s learning by providing progressions in each of the syllabi's levels, from preschool through pre-professional.  The syllabus lends to a graduating skill-set allowing the student to succeed at higher levels.  

All SheLor students including recreational through competitive levels learn the Acrobatic Arts syllabus during their acro-gymastics classes.