Photo: Staff and students group photo, 1977. Photo by Jennie Walton.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"Professional Dancers’ Teaching Certificate was set up, which prompted the creation of the College of the Royal Academy of Dancing to deliver the three year Teachers’ Training course in 1976.\nPhoto: Staff and students group photo, 1977.","date":"1976","image":{"ID":20894,"id":20894,"title":"1977_Staff_&_Students_group_photo copy","filename":"1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy.jpg","filesize":139323,"url":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/?attachment_id=20894","alt":"","author":"5","description":"","caption":"","name":"1977_staff__students_group_photo-copy","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":20163,"date":"2020-10-14 16:55:06","modified":"2020-10-14 16:55:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":600,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy.jpg","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14175506\/1977_Staff__Students_group_photo-copy.jpg","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":400}}},{"content":"
First examinations held in Cyprus.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"First examinations held in Cyprus.\n","date":"1977","image":{"ID":59703,"id":59703,"title":"radlogo","filename":"radlogo.png","filesize":1015,"url":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","link":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/about-us\/rad100\/rad-timeline\/rad-timeline-1970s\/radlogo\/","alt":"","author":"124","description":"","caption":"","name":"radlogo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22003,"date":"2024-04-02 16:11:36","modified":"2024-04-02 16:11:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":92,"height":92,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","thumbnail-width":92,"thumbnail-height":92,"medium":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","medium-width":92,"medium-height":92,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","medium_large-width":92,"medium_large-height":92,"large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","large-width":92,"large-height":92,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","1536x1536-width":92,"1536x1536-height":92,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","2048x2048-width":92,"2048x2048-height":92}}},{"content":"
The Phyllis Bedells Bursary is set up, named in honour of Miss Phyllis Bedells, Founder member and Vice President of the Academy. The bursary, of up to \u00a31000, is given for further training in the Academy’s method, to help cultivate young dancers of exceptional promise.<\/p>\n
Phyllis Bedells (seated) with candidates for the 1979 Phyllis Bedells Bursary Award. The winner was Laura Green (3rd from left) and the judges were Phyllis Bedells, Ronald Hynd and Ruth French. Photo by Jennie Walton.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"The Phyllis Bedells Bursary is set up, named in honour of Miss Phyllis Bedells, Founder member and Vice President of the Academy. The bursary, of up to \u00a31000, is given for further training in the Academy’s method, to help cultivate young","date":"1979","image":{"ID":20883,"id":20883,"title":"19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton","filename":"19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton.jpg","filesize":117989,"url":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/?attachment_id=20883","alt":"","author":"5","description":"","caption":"","name":"19_pb_bursary_award_1979_jennie_walton","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":20163,"date":"2020-10-14 16:30:55","modified":"2020-10-14 16:30:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":600,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton.jpg","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/14173056\/19_PB_Bursary_Award_1979_Jennie_Walton.jpg","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":400}}},{"content":"
Examinations were first held in Japan.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"Examinations were first held in Japan.\n","date":"1979","image":{"ID":59703,"id":59703,"title":"radlogo","filename":"radlogo.png","filesize":1015,"url":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","link":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/about-us\/rad100\/rad-timeline\/rad-timeline-1970s\/radlogo\/","alt":"","author":"124","description":"","caption":"","name":"radlogo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22003,"date":"2024-04-02 16:11:36","modified":"2024-04-02 16:11:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":92,"height":92,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","thumbnail-width":92,"thumbnail-height":92,"medium":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","medium-width":92,"medium-height":92,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","medium_large-width":92,"medium_large-height":92,"large":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","large-width":92,"large-height":92,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","1536x1536-width":92,"1536x1536-height":92,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.royalacademyofdance.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/radlogo.png","2048x2048-width":92,"2048x2048-height":92}}}]'>