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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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Monthly Archives: June 2019

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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 27, 2019 3:28 pm
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    Presentation at DANSOX summer school, Oxford, 7th July

    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 ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 20, 2019 10:34 am
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    Sources for the “Esmeralda” pas de deux

    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  ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 16, 2019 10:35 am
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    Rudy Apffel’s Czerny For Ballet Class blog

    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 ...
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  • Playing for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 14, 2019 11:13 pm
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    Lightly up, up, up: John O’Brien, legendary dance teacher

    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 ...
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Welcome to my site. I mostly write about playing for ballet (I'm a pianist), but the further back you go, the stupider the posts get, so I wouldn't recommend trawling through the archives for treasure.

Timeline

  • May 10, 2022 2:19 pm

    A year of ballet playing cards #6 (S6): A barcarole for port de bras

  • March 10, 2022 5:06 pm

    Me in conversation on a podcast

  • December 11, 2021 12:02 pm

    Music, time and politics in the ballet studio

  • December 8, 2021 4:12 pm

    “On, Wisconsin!” and La Bayadère

  • June 26, 2021 8:07 pm

    Please do not post my free downloads on Scribd: here’s why

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