Milano – Grade exams

Grades 2026
📅 April - Saturday&Sunday 18th-19th, timetable TBD.
📍 Location: Sede Gens d'Ys Bovisa, Via Giovanni Durando 38, Milan (Italy)
👩‍🏫 Examiner: Elieen Gargan, Dublin
✍️ Registration (not for Gens d'Ys dancers) only by email to info@gensdys.it
Closing date: 27th March 2026
ℹ️ Grades to be taken (3 maximum)
Main parameters to be evaluated
- Rhythm and timing
- Posture
- Correct execution of the steps
Grades
(40 bars each dance)
1 - Basic Reel and Light Double Jig
2 - Basic Slip Jig and Single Jig
3 - Primary Reel and Basic Heavy Jig
4 - Primary Slip Jig and St. Patrick's Day
5 - Advanced Reel, Basic Hornpipe and Walls of Limerick
6 - Advanced Slip Jig, The Blackbird and The Siege of Ennis
7 - Advanced Heavy Jig, Garden of Daisies and Four Hand Reel
8 - Advanced Hornpipe, Job of Journeywork and Humors of Bandon
9 - Two modern sets, one in 6/8 time and
the other in 2/4 or 4/4 time and High Cauled Cap
10-Two modern set dances, one in 6/8 time and the other in 2/4 or 4/4 time
(different from those in Grade 9), The Eight Hand Jig
💰 Costs and payment:
- Grade 1, 2, 3: €18,50 each
- Grade 4, 5, 6: €28 each
- Grade 7, 8, 9, 10: €37,50 each
Grade exams
«Grade exams» is an individual certification system organized and approved by An Coimisiun Le Rinci Gaelacha, for the interest of all Irish dancers. The path of Grades consists of 12 levels of increasing technical difficulty, each one consists at least of two dances. Each Grade is independently certificated as a result of an individual examination, non competitive, that will give the candidate a feedback on her/his strengths and aspects to be improved. Once the dancer has passed the 12 Grades, she/he will receive the «Diploma of the Irish Dancing Commission».
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Grade Exams 2026
📅 18 e 19 Aprile, orario da definirsi
📍Sede Gens d'Ys Bovisa, Via Giovanni Durando 38, 20158 Milano
👩‍🏫 Examiner: Eileen Gargan, Dublin
✍️ Iscrizione:
- Per allievi Gens d'Ys
Iscrizione solo tramite l'insegnante
entro il 27 marzo 2026
- Per allievi di altre scuole
Iscrizione obbligatoria inviando una mail a info@gensdys.it entro il 27 marzo 2026
per info: info@gensdys.it
ℹ️ Parametri principali di valutazione:
- Ritmo e musicalità
- Postura
- Esecuzione corretta dei passi
Grades
(40 bars each dance)
1 - Basic Reel and Light Double Jig
2 - Basic Slip Jig and Single Jig
3 - Primary Reel and Basic Heavy Jig
4 - Primary Slip Jig and St. Patrick's Day
5 - Advanced Reel, Basic Hornpipe and Walls of Limerick
6 - Advanced Slip Jig, The Blackbird and The Siege of Ennis
7- Advanced Heavy Jig, Garden of Daisies and Four Hand Reel
8 - Advanced Hornpipe, Job of Journeywork and Humors of Bandon
9 - Two modern sets, one in 6/8 time and
the other in 2/4 or 4/4 time and High Cauled Cap
10-Two modern set dances, one in 6/8 time and the other in 2/4 or 4/4 time
(different from those in Grade 9), The Eight Hand Jig
💰 Costi:
- Livello 1, 2, 3: €18,50 cad.
- Livello 4, 5, 6: €28 cad.
- Livello 7, 8, 9, 10: €37,50 cad.
Grade Exams:
«Grade Exams» è un sistema di certificazione individuale organizzato ed approvato dalla An Coimisun Le Rinci Gaelacha, che interessa tutti i ballerini di danze irlandesi. Il percorso dei Grades è composto da 12 livelli di difficoltà tecnica crescente, ciascuno composto da almeno due danze. Ogni livello viene certificato autonomamente a seguito di un esame individuale, non competitivo, che darà al candidato un riscontro sui suoi punti di forza e sugli aspetti da migliorare. I Grades, da superare in modo consequenziale, porteranno, superato il 12° livello, al conseguimento del «Diploma of the Irish Dancing Commission».