# ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 312826
- **Other names:** ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCING, RAD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [RC000436](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/RC000436)
- **Registered:** Feb. 12, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=312826


## Contact

- **Address:** Royal Academy Of Dance, 188 York Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW11 3JZ
- **Phone:** 02073268000
- **Email:** info@rad.org.uk
- **Website:** www.royalacademyofdance.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)TO ELEVATE AND ADVANCE THE ART OF THE DANCE BY PROMOTING THE CORRECT TUITION OF DANCE IN ITS HIGHEST FORMS;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART OF DANCE, IN PARTICULAR:(A) BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR DANCE, DANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(B) BY SETTING UP AND MAINTAINING PROGRAMMES OF STUDY FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF DANCERS, TEACHERS AND NOTATORS OF DANCE (SUCH PROGRAMMES TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE STUDY OF BENESH MOVEMENT NOTATION, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE);(C) BY SETTING AND CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS IN DANCE AND THE TEACHING OF DANCE;(D) BY EDUCATING, TRAINING, ASSESSING, REGISTERING, LICENSING AND CHARTERING TEACHERS OF DANCE WHO MEET STANDARDS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME; AND(E) BY PROMOTING TEACHING OF DANCE.

**Activities:** The Royal Academy of Dance is a registration organisation for dance teachers, a Higher Education provider for aspiring dance teachers, an Awarding Organisation leading to proficiency in dance at a high level; and  the owner of Benesh Movement Notation; and through these provides dance training, dance teacher education, and dance assessment services to students and teachers. :




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Aruba
- Australia
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- El Salvador
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Lucia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- The Bahamas
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Stephen Moss CBE** | Chair | April 18, 2023 |
| Amy Giancarlo |  | May 11, 2021 |
| Beverly Dorothy Barbara Payne |  | June 26, 2025 |
| Catherine Ward Quinn |  | April 21, 2024 |
| Chi Cao |  | May 11, 2021 |
| Grace Anne Margaret Buskell |  | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| IMOGEN KNIGHT |  | April 27, 2017 |
| James Cane |  | May 11, 2021 |
| Jane Karczewski |  | April 21, 2024 |
| Justine Anthea Hampsheir |  | May 11, 2025 |
| Mark John Carawan |  | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| Prof Peter Flew |  | April 25, 2019 |
| Rachel Jackson-Weingartner |  | May 11, 2021 |
| Sarah Georgina Robbins |  | Dec. 12, 2024 |
| Sarah Margaret Haslock |  | Sept. 25, 2025 |
| Sonia Greco |  | Sept. 25, 2025 |
| Stephen Sacks |  | May 11, 2022 |
| Victoria Allport |  | May 11, 2021 |



## Linked charities

- DAME MARGOT FONTEYN TRIBUTE FUND (312826-1)


