History
The Imperial Society of Dance Teachers was formed on the 25th July 1904 at the Hotel Cecil in Covent Garden, London with Robert Morris Crompton as the first President. The first ISTD congress was held in 1906 and a congress has subsequently been held every year, with the exception of a brief period during the war years. Dance Journal, now titled Dance, was first published in September 1907.
In 1924 the separate branches, which later became faculties, were formed, and in 1925 the society became the "Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance". The ISTD incorporated in 1945, with Victor Silvester in the new role of Chairman.
In 1953 the Grand Council of the ISTD was formed; it includes notable persons from many areas of British society. The Council serves to improve communication with key people in British arts and society.
The ISTD is most noted for the use of medal tests, and the ISTD format has been used as a model for similar award systems by many other dance organisations. The idea of medal tests first came from another dance teaching organisation, but it was the ISTD, which first developed the widespread use of the medal test system throughout the UK and internationally.
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