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Move your feet! 🩰   Established in 1920, the Royal Academy of Dance is one of the world’s leading dance education and training organisations, with members in 85 countries and over 400,000 students in the UK.   With a commitment to public benefit, the RAD has developed programmes including Silver Swans (ballet for those over 55), Step Into Dance (dance classes in secondary schools), RADiate (dance for children with special educational needs), Move To The Musicals (exercise and jazz dance for those over 55) and Ballet for the Cancer Community.   It was a joy to see the breadth of the Academy’s charitable work today, as well as to present the 2026 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award to Christopher Wheeldon for outstanding services to the art of ballet.   The Queen is Patron of the RAD, following Queen Elizabeth II who held the position from 1953. Queen Mary was the Academy’s first Patron.