When testing adults across the UK who had previously danced in childhood, a huge majority of 61% couldn't make it past Grade 1 - the level that a 7-year-old dancer would be entered into! To celebrate ...

Annelise Connell was full of confidence before her first ballet examination in Hong Kong. Instead of worrying when a voice called out “next please” from the downstairs dance studio at the Helena May, ...

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A DARLINGTON dance school is celebrating after achieving outstanding results in the latest round of examinations. Pupils at the Tiffany School of Dance took the Royal Academy of Dance examinations in ...

A GIRL of five has become the first disabled child to pass a ballet exam despite being unable to walk. Tilly Griffiths, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, is confined to a wheelchair. Her dad ...

A 20-year-old ballet teacher in Saskatchewan is believed to be the first person in Canada to pass the country's top dance exam and prove her moves are en pointe. Brianna Dash completed the Advanced ...

Deb Colquhoun has a passion for ballet and at 62 years old, does not believe in doing "age appropriate" activities. "I feel so alive when I'm dancing; isn't that what it's all about," she asked. She ...

SHE had to imagine she was a fairy princess and perform ballet moves to test even the fittest teenager. But mum-of-two Diane Hyslop, 48, who works part-time at a tax office when she’s not running her ...

A 20-year-old man from Widnes has passed his final dance exam from the world famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. Daniel Dolan won a place at the prestigious Russian ballet in August 2009, after ...

A 75-year-old man who took up ballet classes following the death of his wife has passed his grade one exam. Bernard Bibby was married to Celia for 55 years after dancing brought them together because ...