Rambert Grades are delighted to announce that a new syllabus, ‘Creative Dance for Early Years’ is now available for booking for training on 22nd-23rd April 2023.

New for 2023: Creative Movers, Pre-Primary and Primary

Creative Dance for Early Years is a new syllabus designed for ages 3 and over. The syllabus includes three grades: Creative Movers, Pre-Primary and Primary. A fully accessible syllabus created by experts, this offering provides dance teachers and early years educators with the tools to explore movement in a new way with young children.

Each Rambert Grades class takes children on an imaginary journey with endless themes for the students and teachers to choose from that range from seasons to space travel. The syllabus is designed to encourage each child to develop physical skills, harness musicality and empower confidence at the earliest stage. Creativity and imagination are at the centre of each class.

In line with the current Rambert Grades syllabus (grades 1-8), this new offering was developed by some of the most relevant and exciting voices in contemporary dance in the UK. The Creative team consists of dance artists and dance educators Natalie Dodd, Hannah Kidd and Ihsaan de Banya, with contributions from Caroline Bowditch and Maiya Leeke.

Moments of celebration

All Rambert Grades examinations offer a moment of celebration. Exams for these three new grades celebrate each child’s achievements, acknowledging six key qualities: Communication, Teamwork, Generosity, Effort, Listening and Enthusiasm. Each student is awarded a bright fabric badge to mark their progress, as well as receiving personalised feedback.

Head of Participation and Community at Rambert (company), Kithmini Wimalasekera said,

‘This revolutionary syllabus celebrates creativity through dance at the earliest stage. Encouraging our little ones to explore their identity through movement begins a lifelong love of dancing and moving, body awareness and confidence building.”

Giving teachers the tools

Rambert Grades teachers who train to deliver this syllabus are given the tools to create a learning environment for the early years age group which embraces each child and encourages them to explore the world through movement.

This syllabus provides the teacher with a structured framework without the repetition of exercises each week. All training participants are provided with a series of prompt cards which allow teachers to take their groups upon a new journey every week, delivering each class in numerous different ways.

Book now for April and June training

The syllabus training course for Creative Dance for Early Years is suitable for dance teachers, dance professionals and early years providers and teachers.

Booking is now open for the first syllabus training course which runs online from Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 April 2023, with an introductory offer of £210 for those who book before Friday 24 March 2023.