A year of ballet playing cards is a project that provides 52 pieces of free piano music for ballet class, together with explanations and descriptions of each piece, links to recordings and to related music. For more information, see the long description of the project here.  Below is a list in date order of each post so far.
- About a Year of Ballet Playing Cards January 8, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards: #40 The Csárdás (1D) January 8, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #41: A juicy csárdás – Ãœnneplö (“Festive”) by Rózsavölgyi (D2) January 15, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #42: Diable à Quatre male variation – big 2/4 jumpy thing (D3) January 22, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #43: A csárdás-like Nocturne by Schubert (D4) January 29, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #27: A big polonaise by Glazunov (Ac) February 5, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #44: A long, jolly polka/galop from Le Diable à quatre (5d) February 12, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #14: A small, medium and large waltz by Adam (Ah) February 19, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #45: A country wedding (polka) from Má Vlast (6d) February 26, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #01: Adage (As) – Mozart clarinet concerto March 5, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #15: A rumpty-tumpty waltz (Oh! Oh! Antonio) March 12, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #02: Fauré ballade for piano and orchestra (2s) March 19, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #46: A useful Schottische (7d) March 26, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #28: Fächerpolonaise Op. 525 by Ziehrer (2c) April 2, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #29: A Chaconne and a grand dance (3c) April 9, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #30: A useful Polka mazurka April 16, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #31: A polka mazurka by Verdi (5c) April 23, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #32: A Scottishy-Czechishy-minuettishy thing by Boccherini April 30, 2015
- A year of playing cards #33: A deathly slow waltz (7c) May 7, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #16 : Esmeralda male variation music (3h) May 14, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #17: A six eight allegro (4h) from Verdi’s “Jerusalem” May 21, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #47: A tango by Tárrega May 28, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #18: Another 6/8 allegro – by Auber (5h) June 4, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #48: Three French petit allegros (9d) June 11, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #49: A medley of Hornpipes June 18, 2015
- A year of playing cards #19: A medley of (double) jigs (6h) June 25, 2015
- A year of playing cards #3: Talisman pas de deux (3h) July 2, 2015
- A year of playing cards #4: *THE* Talisman Pas de Deux July 9, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #20: A luscious big waltz (Talisman coda) July 16, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #21: A gigue by Grétry (8h) July 23, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #34: A triple jig medley (8c) July 30, 2015
- A year of ballet playing cards #22: A schmaltzy waltz by Kéler (9h) February 11, 2016
- A year of ballet playing cards #53 (Black Joker): Reel from La Sylphide April 12, 2016
- A year of ballet playing cards #35: A mazurka by Hubay April 23, 2016
- A year of ballet playing cards #50: A chameleon-like march by Granados (DJ) April 30, 2016
- A year of ballet playing cards #36: A triple meter ballad by Tárrega September 30, 2016
- A year of playing cards #5: An operatic adage by Dvořák October 7, 2016
- A year of playing cards #23: A fruity waltz by Tcherepnin / Cherepnin (10h) July 19, 2017
- A year of ballet playing cards #37: A grand polonaise by NápravnÃk November 27, 2017
- A year of ballet playing cards #38 (QC): Prague Waltzes: Soft, strong and very long. December 9, 2017
- A year of ballet playing cards #54 (Red Joker): Odalisques from Le Corsaire August 2, 2018
- A year of ballet playing cards #39 (KC): “Spanish waltz” medley May 14, 2020
- A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley February 17, 2021
- A year of ballet playing cards #52 (DK): Slow tendu music February 28, 2021
- A year of ballet playing cards #6 (S6): A barcarole for port de bras May 10, 2022
Thank you SO much! I am always looking for new music to play for class and this is extremely helpful!!
Thanks for the feedback, glad you’re finding it helpful!
Thank you SO much. I haven’t played for a class in many years and here I am this summer playing for advanced barre classes… My bg is in playing “actual” choreographed pieces for opera summer stock so this is SO helpful to see examples of class music.
Thanks so much for the feedback, much appreciated! So glad you found this helpful!
I discovered just today your blog and I really NEED to thank you. I’m confident I’ll find here perhaps not the answers, bun surely the right questions I have to ask to me everyday in my daily work. A collegue from Rome
Thanks for the nice feedback. I’m still asking the questions myself, so comments always welcome!
Hi, just got from a colleague the link of your site. I am new in this world of accompanying ballet classes. I love your site! It is very ingenious the way you did this and of course it is very useful for people like me. Thanks so much! And please keep the sense of humor!
Hi Keyla, thanks so much for the great feedback, glad you like it and find it useful. Hopefully the sense of humour won’t go away 😉