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There’s a wonderful restaurant in Prague called Restaurace Století where I’ve spent many a happy time with friends and colleagues from the ballet masterclasses. Each dish on Století’s menu is named after a particular luminary of the 20th century. In the same spirit, and as the finale to this dance inspirations advent calendar, may I present to you my Christmas Dinner Class Menu. Each piece of music reminds me in a special way of the person they are associated with below, for reasons which I’d go into if I didn’t have to put a turkey in the oven myself. Happy christmas, and bon appetit!
Potage du Jour
Warm-up Jackie Barratt: – Georgia on my mind
Les hors d’oeuvres
Pliés Belinda Quirey – Minuet in B minor J S Bach
Pliés Pat Neary – Tonight from West Side Story
Slow tendus Malcolm Williamson – Blue Moon
Faster Tendus Christopher Hampson – Non, monsieur je n’ai pas vingt ans
Battements glissés David Wall – Rondeau from Les Biches
Battements glissés Tania Fairbairn – Turkey in the straw
Ronds de jambe à terre Irena Pasari? – Ne vrijedi plakati (starogradska pjesma)
Battements fondus Thomas Edur – Mazurka in C major from Les Sylphides
Battements frappés Klaus Beelitz – Ich wöllt’ ich wär’ ein Huhn
Ronds de jambe en l’air Betty Anderton – Adèle’s laughing song from Die Fledermaus
Petits battements Woytek Lowski – Ich bin die fesche Lola!
Grands battements Mark Morris –Take back your mink
[Veuillez prendre place au milieu]
Les Entrées
Tendus & pirouettes Ann Hogben – Waltz from The Haunted Ballroom
Pirouettes Graham Bond – Pigtail Girl from Graduation Ball
Pirouettes en diagonal Pussy – Wunderbar from Kiss Me Kate
Adage Victor Alvarez – Chopin: Prelude in D flat (‘Raindrop Prelude)
Les Plats Principaux
Warm-up jump Harald Krytinar – If I only had wings
Petit allegro Susie Cooper – Flat foot floogie with the floy, floy
Allegro John O’Brien – Zwei dunkle Augen
Batterie Gillian Cornish – Last movement from Beethoven piano concerto No. 5 (The Emperor)
Les Desserts
Grand allegro Wayne Sleep – Coda from Diane & Acteon
Grand allegro Ivan Nagy – Tarantella from Etudes
Manège Daniel Jones – There is nothing like a dame
