EXAMINATION CLASSES
At AIM Dance Company, students are fortunate to be offered the opportunity to participate in examinations in a wide range of branches with the Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing (CSTD/Comdance), which, should the student wish to pursue dance as a career, allows them to accumulate recognized qualifications and grades. Examination classes are an approximately ¾ year course, with exams usually held in August-September, and all examinations are under the internationally recognised CSTD syllabi. Each CSTD grade is designed to lead into the next, to ensure continual progression. Students are examined by national CSTD examiners, and with the exception of public and major examinations (which are held in Perth), are held in the studio. As our students get older, CSTD examinations are recognised by the Department of Education and are able to be counted towards WACE academic units in Year 11 and 12 at school. CSTD is the leading dance syllabus in Australia and in many other countries internationally, and continues to reinvent itself in order to maintain currency in a changing world of dance. Many of the CSTD classes taught at AIM Dance Company have benefited from collaboration with leading choreographers of today, including Marko Panzic, Kelly Abbey, and Jason Winters.
AIM Dance Company currently offers examinations in Classical Ballet, Modern Jazz, Theatrical and Performing Arts, Jason WInters Contemporary, and Teaching Qualifications.
