Silver Swans

Specially designed for older learners, Silver Swans® ballet classes will help improve your mobility, posture, co-ordination and energy levels. The health benefits of dance are well documented.

Research shows that 75% of the factors affecting quality of life and longevity are related to lifestyle, while only 25% are hereditary. This means that there’s no excuse for not getting more active whatever your age, and dance can play a vital role in ensuring a longer and better quality of life.

Research also often puts dance ahead of other physical activities in the variety of health benefits that it brings. Ballet and dance are also very social activities and Silver Swans classes can be great places to meet new people with a passion and joy for life.

Silver Swans Licensees are trained specifically to teach ballet to adults over 55s with a range of abilities, but all ages are welcome. Open, fun and accessible, these classes will help improve your mobility, posture, coordination, and energy levels, no matter how old you are.

Silver Swans has been running from September 2017 in the UK, USA and Australia and was launched in New Zealand in 2019! Use the map on this page to find a Silver Swans teacher in your area.

Silver Swans Day – 1st October 2023

Release your inner Swan

Join us for Silver Swans Day 1st October 2023. A day of dance in celebration of International Day of the Older Person

Come along and find out for yourself, no age limit, no dance experience necessary

$75 per person (includes morning and afternoon tea)

Venue: Wellesley Studios 113/115 Wellesley Street West Auckland

Programme

10:00am: Arrive

10:30am: Enhance your Dance, a gentle ballet class with Tutor and Silver Swans Ambassador Mary Jane O’Reilly

11:30am: Break

11:45am: Musical Theatre Class with Tutor Nancy Holland

12:45pm: Lunch (please bring your own)

1:30pm: Ballet Repertoire workshop with Tutor Jane Turner

3:30pm: Gentle cool-down with Tutor Sharon Howells

4pm: Finish

Terms and Conditions

Register for Silver Swans Day - 1st October 2023
Name*
First Last
Date of birth*

Day
Month
Year
Please select one of the following*
- Male
- Female
- Other
Name of Dance Teacher (if applicable)
Dance Studio Name (if applicable)
Provide details of any relevant health or medical issues (including any medication)*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Contact phone number*
Email*
Contact in case of emergency
Name*
First Last
Contact phone number*
Photography/filming consent
Choose from the following:*
- I confirm that I have read the terms and conditions regarding press and publicity consent and that:
- I confirm that I would like to participate in photographs at Silver Swans Day and give consent for the RAD to use the images as outlined in this form.
- I confirm that I do not wish to participate/appear in photographs taken on Silver Swans Day.
- I understand that the images taken on Silver Swans Day will be of public interest for the Royal Academy of Dance. I therefore give my consent for these to be transferred to the RAD’s archive after January 2024 and understand that the images could be used as archive material in the following ways: as historical illustrations in RAD publications (print and digital, including website and social media, and press coverage), in physical exhibitions or display, and for educational/historical research purposes.
Signature of participant (typed name accepted as signature)*
Date*

Day
Month
Year
Consent*
I agree that I have read and understood the terms and conditions
Terms and Conditions

The RAD reserves the right to alter the advertised programme and faculty as necessary.
All information provided on your application form is private and confidential; your personal details will not be shared without your full knowledge and the expressed permission from you or your parents/guardians.

Fees - $75 per person

Our bank account details: Royal Academy of Dance 01 0517 0198208 00 (please put your name in the reference column)

If you would like to pay by debit/credit card please phone our office (04) 3828924

Refunds
• A refund of 80% of the fee (excluding the registration fee) will be considered for cancellations on medical grounds and on receipt of a medical certificate up to 7 days prior to the course commencement.
• In limited situations on compassionate grounds, a refund of 80% of the fee (excluding the registration fee) will be considered for cancellations due to a family emergency up to 7 days prior to the course commencement. To apply, please contact the National Director: info@rad.org.nz
• There will be no refund for cancellations received less than 7 days prior to the course commencement.

Press and Publicity Consent
During the silver swans day RAD staff may take photographs and video recordings. All photographs and video recordings will be the property of the RAD.
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) does not allow photographs, video, audio (sound) recording or any other images of anyone to be taken without their consent, or consent of their parent/guardian.
By submitting the registration form, you will give the RAD your consent to be photographed/filmed by RAD staff during the day. Photographs/videos may be used by the RAD for the following purposes, and we may share them with our partners or sponsors for the same purposes.:
• As promotional material in RAD publications (print and digital)
• On the RAD website and social media channels
• To distribute to press and media outlets to use in their print/digital publications and on their social media
channels, as requested.
• In news programmes/press publications for a story/article about Summer School

The RAD will only keep and use the photographs/videos for as long as is appropriate for business purposes (this means, for as long as we need to have access to the images/videos in order to operate as a company). In this instance this means for a period of two years from the date of the course.
You are free to withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to info@rad.org.nz . You do not need to specify a reason why you are withdrawing consent as well. If you do decide to withdraw your consent at a later time any

Silver Swans Ambassador

Meet Mary-Jane O'Reilly

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Silver Swans

Silver Swans Day – 1st October 2023

Release your inner Swan

Programme

Register for Silver Swans Day - 1st October 2023

Contact in case of emergency

Photography/filming consent

Silver Swans Ambassador

Check out Silver Swans