Monthly Archives: June 2019

Presentation at DANSOX summer school, Oxford, 7th July

Posted on June 27, 2019 3:28 pm by Jonathan Still
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A packed and interesting programme of lectures/events at the DANSOX summer school in Oxford coming up (6th–8th July 2019), including a joint 2-hour presentation by me and Susie Crow based partly on our doctoral research into ballet classes. That’s on … Continue reading →

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Sources for the “Esmeralda” pas de deux

Posted on June 20, 2019 10:34 am by Jonathan Still
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One of the oddities about the ballet repertoire is that the more famous and frequently performed the piece, the more tricky its musical history, like the  “Black Swan” Pas de Deux, for example, which does not exist in Tchaikovsky’s original … Continue reading →

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Rudy Apffel’s Czerny For Ballet Class blog

Posted on June 16, 2019 10:35 am by Jonathan Still
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Absolutely thrilled to discover Rudy Apfells’ Czerny for Ballet Class blog  — lovely recordings of huge numbers of Czerny exercises, together with reimaginings/reworkings of them (see here for a description of the project) lots of interesting commentary, and downloadable scores.  … Continue reading →

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Lightly up, up, up: John O’Brien, legendary dance teacher

Posted on June 14, 2019 11:13 pm by Jonathan Still
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When John O’Brien died on 11th May this year, I suggested to the RAD that they should do something to remember him, since he taught for many years there, quite apart from being the proprietor of Dance Books. It’s hard … Continue reading →

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