annual review & report 2010/11 contents Chairman’s Report 02 Chief Executive’s Review 04 The Academy’s personnel are a committed team of RAD Leadership 06 experienced professionals. The Human Resources team The Trustees 08 continues in its endeavours to attract, retain and quality & excellence CREST Objectives & Achievements 12 reward a highly talented global team of employees, 10 Looking Ahead 14 freelancers and volunteers so that the RAD can grow, Case Study: Highlights of 2010/11 15 excel and achieve its strategic objectives. As HR’s role movement & innovation Objectives & Achievements 20 at the RAD develops, its focus is on high-quality 18 Looking Ahead 22 service delivery and the facilitation of skills Case Study: Highlights of 2010/11 23 Benesh Movement Notation 24 enhancement. Their aim is to nurture the Academy’s Objectives & Achievements ‘people resource’ and to support a collectively Looking Ahead SUPPORTERS Case Study 25 engaged and motivated workforce and to ensure The Philip Richardson Library 26 that the organisational values of leadership, Objectives & Achievements Highlights of 2010/11 excellence, empowerment, integrity and ARMS Looking Ahead collaboration are upheld and maximised. Case Study 27 inspiration & creation Objectives & Achievements 30 MOTTO 28 Highlights of 2010/11 32 Looking Ahead 34 Case Study 35 employees in UK and Republic of Ireland Patron: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II health & happiness 117 Objectives & Achievements 38 36 Highlights of 2010/11 39 Looking Ahead 40 years ago this coat of arms was granted to the Royal Seventy-five years on, the coat of arms continues to represent the Case Study 41 employees in international offices Academy of Dancing in 1937 by the College of Arms and ideals and aspirations of an ever-evolving organisation: Step Into Dance 42 was designed by the Hon. George Bellew, Somerset Herald of 75 • : The coat of arms itself is granted under Objectives & Achievements 90 Arms and Registrar. His description of the coat of arms explains quality & excellence royal prerogative, and as such is a mark of quality for the RAD as Highlights of 2010/11 43 the heraldic significance of its components, which embody the Looking Ahead 44 Academy’s ideals and aspirations: an organisation, its members, products and services. It is also a symbol of the powers granted to the RAD by its Royal Charter. Case Study 45 RAD Enterprises 46 freelance examiners Crest: A figure representing Supporters: On either side of Objectives & Achievements • movement & innovation: The RAD is an organisation that Terpsichore, Muse of dancing the shield is a doe with golden doesn’t stand still. Constantly moving, innovating and leading, Highlight of 2010/11 194 – her name literally means wings symbolic of lightness it draws on its history and heritage as it moves forward. Looking Ahead ‘delight of dancing’. In Greek and grace of movement. Case Study 47 mythology, the Muses are the • : The RAD is an arts organisation goddesses who the inspiration & creation freelance teachers / guest lecturers inspire – creation and inspiration are at its very core and the rewards, rad annual general meeting of the arts. creation recognition and enjoyment of our members and students are 48 300 direct by-products of a shared passion for the joy of dance. finance Arms: The pentagram within Motto: ‘Salus et Felicitas’ means Key Performance Indicators 50 the shield symbolises health. ‘ ’. • health & happiness: The benefits of dance extend beyond 49 At a Glance 51 health and happiness the studio encompassing body, mind and soul; however the RAD The wavy vertical line and the Statement of the Board of mentors horizontal zigzag convey to is a healthy organisation in every way – financially stable and Trustees’ Responsibilities 52 the mind the committed to cultivating positive relationships with members, Auditor’s Statement to the Trustees 350 movements in dancing. students and partners. of the Royal Academy of Dance 53 Although each key area of the Academy’s business naturally ties in Group Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 54 more readily and directly to one of the ideals and inspirations that practical teaching supervisors the coat of arms embodies, they are all present within each part of Group and Charity Balance Sheets 55 the Academy’s work and so in order to reflect that, the case studies Accounting Policies 56 200 within each section illustrate some of the ways in which the other Scholarships, Awards, Bursaries ideals are also applied and how they continue to shape our future. & Fundraising 58 A Global Brand 2010/11 60 Corporate Governance 62 80tutors Royal Academy of Dance Annual Review & Report 2010/11 1 chairman’s report April 2012 marks the retirement of our universally admired in memoriam and inspirational President, Dame Antoinette Sibley DBE. This It was with great sadness that we learned of the will be a sad occasion for all members of the Academy but unexpected death of Professor Joan White CBE I doubt anyone will miss her more than I. She was very on Tuesday 21 February 2012. influential in my decision to accept the Academy’s invitation to become your Chairman and I have enjoyed immensely “ The London event was made even more memorable by a wonderfully Professor Joan White made an extraordinary our monthly briefing sessions over the past five years. sensitive keynote address delivered by The Royal Ballet’s Dame contribution to dance education in the UK and Monica Mason DBE. In it she acknowledged the defining role of her internationally over a career that spanned five decades. Another retirement from the Academy was that of our former She retired from her position as the first Director of dance teachers from when she first ventured into the studio and then Director of Education, Professor Joan White. Professor White’s Education of the Royal Academy of Dance in July 2011, throughout her professional career. She made the point that it was not bold and ambitious vision for the scope and standards of following a lifetime of dedication and service to dance, the graduates of our various dance education programmes dance education and wider public service. only her dancing that benefited from the instructional acumen of her are undoubtedly the foundation of the respect that they can expect in their chosen profession for many years to come. teachers but that they also helped shaped the values that she continues On her appointment in 1999 to the Royal Academy of We were all delighted to learn of Joan’s recognition in the Dance (RAD), Joan White set about the creation of a to embrace in her everyday life.” New Year Honours list in which she was awarded a CBE. new Faculty of Education and, following the aims of the Academy’s founders, she increased the department’s The momentum that the Academy is currently enjoying does focus on dance teacher education and training. Over not happen without the extraordinary and continuing effort the last 12 years she worked with vision and drive far on the part of our wonderfully competent and dedicated staff beyond what would have been expected to reposition at both Battersea Square and in our operations throughout the RAD as a world-class teacher education institution the 39 countries in which we presently operate. Behind the that delivers across public/private contexts, offering staff is an equally dedicated Board of Trustees with whom I Kerry Rubie, Chairman taught programmes as well as distance learning feel privileged to work. Sadly I must acknowledge the passing certificates, diplomas and degrees in home languages of one of them during this past year. Frank Freeman was not across 44 countries. In creating a modern, diverse and only a great contributor to the artistic achievements of the dynamic department involving over a thousand students Academy but he was also a much respected and loved and hundreds of tutors worldwide, Joan changed the member of your Board of Trustees. His untimely passing left public profile and perception of the RAD and ensured a formidable gap in the resources of the Academy and we are that many young people will benefit from the already missing his thoughtful, measured perspective on so excellence of RAD qualified teachers. much of what we do. In addition to her career in dance education, Joan Recently I had the privilege of attending the presentation To my mind this is at the heart of why the Academy continues Looking ahead, 2012 will be yet another challenge to contributed to local community service as a Councillor of the new Grades 1–3 syllabi to a capacity audience of to enjoy such encouraging year-on-year progress and maintain our momentum but I strongly believe that on Ripley (Surrey) Parish Council for 10 years and as RAD teachers and members at the Mermaid Theatre & achievements. Because our teachers instruct their students initiatives including the implementation of our Continuing the Parish Council nominee on the Governing Body of Conference Centre in London. The enthusiastic reception so conscientiously and with such integrity, the desire to Professional Development programme, the finalisation Ripley Infants School. She was also a volunteer steward they gave to the new syllabi was quite moving and I believe achieve superior grades in dance examinations ranks of the Professional Dance Teachers’ Registration Scheme for the National Trust at Clandon House in Surrey. that an equally appreciative audience in Sydney also uppermost in the students’ goals. Not to mention the and the next phase of the Syllabus Review will ensure that the year will again be one of sustained progress. applauded the new work in the company of RAD Vice sheer joy and exhilaration that just comes with dancing. Without Joan White’s leadership through paid and many Presidents Darcey Bussell CBE and David McAllister AM.