Ballet, Tap and Modern Exams

The venue for the exams is YMCA Centre (Upper Hall), Melrose Close, Loose, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6BD

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Please take particular note if you take your class in Allington as your exam will not be there, it will be in Loose at the YMCA.

For those who take a Ballet & Tap class you have been put forward for two exams; one for Ballet and one for Tap. Those taking Modern have been put forward for one exam in Modern Jazz.

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Candidates go into the exam in small groups (from 2 - 8 depending on board specification for each exam). Students know (via their teacher) ahead of time who they are going into the exam with and practice together in lessons. 

We have chosen to schedule the exams to a day when the students attend their regular class session as we want to make the sittings as accessible as possible to students.

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Your exam will not necessarily coincide with your lesson time, you will see the timetable below. Exams vary in length from 3 to 25 minutes in this round of sittings.

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We have not listed names for safeguarding purposes, please ask your class teacher for your childs group number so that you can find your exam times from the listings detailed further down this page.

For the avoidance of doubt here is a definitive list of the Thursday and Saturday classes and detailing what is happening to them on these dates.

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Thursday Classes

5pm Madginford Street Dance - no class (polling day); please select an alternative Flames Class from our timetable to attend in place of this session.

4pm Loose Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

5pm Loose Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

6pm Loose Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

7pm Loose Modern - no class, exam on Saturday instead.

8pm Loose Street Dance - no class, please select a Blaze class from our timetable to attend in place of this session.

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Saturday Classes

8:45 Allington Ballet & Tap - your class will take place at the normal time, however it will be at the YMCA Centre in Loose instead.

9:45 Allington Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

10:45 Allington Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

11:45 Allington Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

12:45 Allington Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

8:45 Loose Ballet & Tap - your class will take place at the normal time at the YMCA Centre in Loose.

9:45 Loose Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

10:45 Loose Street Dance - no class, please select an alternative Sparks Class from our timetable to attend in place of this session.

11:45 Allington Ballet & Tap - no class, exam on this day instead.

12:45 Loose Street Dance - no class, please select an alternative Flames Class from our timetable to attend in place of this session.

The exam fees are made up of two elements; the cost the board charge us and a pro-rata fee towards the costs incurred by Flair in running the exam sittings; including studio hire, teachers, music operatives, insurance & administration costs.

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We are holding the exams on a scheduled class dat, therefore the fee you would normally pay for your class has been deducted from the total fee owing for your two exams (or one in the case of Modern), the amount remaining (the total amount owing for the exams you will take) is as follows:

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Rosette Ballet & Tap £30.29

Preparatory Ballet & Tap £37.09

Primary Ballet & Tap £47.68

Grade 1 Ballet & Tap £54.67

Grade 2 Ballet & Tap £59.96

Grade 3 Modern: £37.09

The following is taken directly from the information provided by the board:

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In order to ensure health and safety and fair assessment of all candidates and in accordance with convention, the following guidelines for personal presentation are given:

• All uniform should be clean and well fitting and underwear should not be visible. 

• Ballet footwear – Elastic should be firmly sewn on shoes in the correct position and securely fastened.

• Tap footwear – Correctly fitted and securely fastened.

• Hair should be neatly and appropriately styled for the genre. eg for Ballet hair should be off the face and neck in order that the line of the head and neck is not obscured.

• Spectacles may be worn.

• Jewellery must not be worn, unless required for religious or cultural reasons.

• Where used, makeup and nail varnish should be light and kept to a minimum.

• Visible tattoos should be covered with makeup where possible.

• Candidates may take small plastic bottles of water into the examination studio. Normally water should only be drunk during official rest breaks.

• Candidates who require asthma pumps and sprays are allowed to take these into the examination studio.

• Candidates taking vocational graded examinations (Performer Awards) may take a hand towel into the studio.

• Candidates may wear arm or leg supports if necessary, these should be white or flesh coloured. The examiner will make no concession in the case of candidates wearing a support.

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A full list of uniform (by grade) can be found on our website, here.

In addition to the guidance above we suggest hair be presented in a classical Ballet bun, secured with a hair net with a colour co-ordinating scrunchie over the top helps hold everything in. All wispy bits be pinned & hair sprayed. Hair that is not long enough to go into a bun should be secured as detailed above.​

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After the Ballet exam we suggest candidates take the bun down and dance with a ponytail, leaving the rest pinned and sprayed in place.

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We advise you practice your hairstyle before the exam itself. This will help you ensure that you are comfortable with the style and that it will stay in place during the exam session.

You will need your full uniform, drink bottle and any (clean) snacks that you would like before or between your two exams.

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Name absolutely everything.

We have put together a bank of online resorces for those wishing to practice at home.

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Visit our Practice at Home page

PLEASE ARRIVE 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR EXAM TIME. ON ARRIVAL REGISTER YOURSELF WITH A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM WHO WILL BE WAITING AT THE FAR END OF THE CORRIDOR (AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS TO THE UPPER HALL).​

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• 4pm Loose Class - Rosette Grade:​​​

• Group 1 - IC, DH, NC, CH

• Group 2 - CM, TB, SH, CB ​

  • Group 1 Ballet: 16:00 - 16:03

  • Group 2 Ballet: 16:03 - 16:06​

  • Group 1 Tap: 16:36 - 16:39

  • Group 2 Tap: 16:39 - 16:42

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• Displaced Preparatory Duo from Saturday​

• ​Preparatory Duo - ES, AW

  • Preparatory Ballet: 16:06 - 16:21

  • Preparatory Tap: 16:42 - 16:57

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• 5pm Loose Class - Primary Grade

• Group 1 - AE, ET, LE

• Group 2 - KW, MJ, CW

• Group 3 - MM, FE, PL​

  • Group 1 Ballet: 16:21 - 16:36

  • Group 2 Ballet: 17:12 - 17:27

  • Group 3 Ballet: 17:27 - 17:42

  • Group 1 Tap: 16:57 - 17:12

  • Group 2 Tap: 17:42 - 17:57

  • Group 3 Tap: 17:57 - 18:12

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• 6pm Loose Class - Grade 2​

• Group 1 - EM, JS, BL

• Group 2 - PW, SP

• Group 3 - LW, AL, RM

• Group 4 - MT, CD, YC​

  • Group 1 Ballet: 18:12 - 18:32

  • Group 2 Ballet: 18:32 - 18:52

  • Group 1 Tap: 18:52 - 19:12

  • Group 2 Tap: 19:12 - 19:32

  • Group 3 Ballet: 19:32 - 19:52

  • Group 4 Ballet: 19:52 - 20:12

  • Group 3 Tap: 20:12 - 20:32

  • Group 4 Tap: 20:32 - 20:52

PLEASE ARRIVE 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR EXAM TIME. ON ARRIVAL REGISTER YOURSELF WITH A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM WHO WILL BE WAITING AT THE FAR END OF THE CORRIDOR (AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS TO THE UPPER HALL).​

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• 9:45 Allington & YMCA Classes - Rosette Grade

• Group 1: PS, OB, LC, ZD, MR

  • Group 1 Ballet: 10:00 - 10:03

  • Group 1 Tap: 10:33 - 10:36

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• 10:45 Allington Class - Preparatory Grade

• Group 1: IS, EH, KV, 

• Group 2: YTYL, ES​

  • ​​​​Group 1 Ballet: 10:03 - 10:18

  • Group 2 Ballet: 10:18 - 10:33

  • Group 1 Tap: 10:36 - 10:51

  • Group 2 Tap: 10:51 - 11:06

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• 11:45 Allington Class - Primary Grade

• Group 1: CF, DC

• Group 2: HB, LW​

  • Group 1 Ballet: 11:06 - 11:21

  • Group 2 Ballet: 11:21 - 11:36

  • Group 1 Tap: 11:36 - 11:51

  • Group 2 Tap: 11:51 - 12:06

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• 12:45 Allington Class - Grade 2

• Group 1: WB, HK

• Group 2: AB, IC, CS​

  • Group 1 Ballet: 12:06 - 12:26

  • Group 2 Ballet: 12:26 - 12:46

  • Group 1 Tap: 12:46 - 13:06

  • Group 2 Tap: 13:06 - 13:26​

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• 9:45 Loose Class - Preparatory Grade

• Group 1: AR, LK

• Group 2: HB, BH, CS, AB

  • Group 1 Ballet: 14:00 - 14:15

  • Group 2 Ballet: 14:15 - 14:30

  • Group 1 Tap: 14:30 - 14:45

  • Group 2 Tap: 14:45 - 15:00

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• 11:45 Loose Class - Primary Grade

• Group 1: MS, SS, SB

• Group 2: MG, SH, MW

• Group 3: IJ, LT, LS

  • Group 1 Ballet: 15:00 - 15:15

  • Group 2 Ballet: 15:15 - 15:30

  • Group 3 Ballet: 15:30 - 15:45

  • Group 1 Tap: 15:45 - 16:00

  • Group 2 Tap: 16:00 - 16:15

  • Group 3 Tap: 16:15 - 16:30

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• 7pm Loose Class - Grade 3

• Group 1: CD, YC, MS

• Group 2: AE, IM

  • Group 1 Modern: 16:30 - 16:55

  • Group 2 Modern: 16:55 - 17:20