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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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Dance Legends

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Blog posts about people I’ve worked with in the ballet world who either are actual legends, or who have been legendarily wonderful in my working life.

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    By Jonathan Still
    December 25, 2006 9:36 pm
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    Happy Christmas 2006

    Happy Christmas. That’s the end of the 2006 Advent Calendar. I’m delighted to say that my aim in starting it last year has been achieved – ...
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  • Advent calendarDance LegendsPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 24, 2006 8:09 am
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    Manège Daniel Jones – There is nothing like a dame

    This is day 24 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) In March 2002, Wayne Sleep organised a gala evening for Dame Beryl Grey‘s 75th birthday ...
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    By Jonathan Still
    December 23, 2006 11:06 pm
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    Grand allegro Ivan Nagy – Tarantella from Etudes

    This is day 23 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) Harald Lander‘s ballet Etudes and Knudåge Riisager‘s music for it based on piano etudes by ...
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    By Jonathan Still
    December 22, 2006 6:10 am
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    Grand allegro Wayne Sleep – Coda from Diane & Acteon

    This is day 22 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) There’s a huge advantage to working for someone as demanding, professional and uncompromising on quality ...
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    By Jonathan Still
    December 21, 2006 7:22 am
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    Batterie Gillian Cornish – Last movement from Beethoven piano concerto No. 5 (The Emperor)

    This is day 21 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) If there’s one nationality Beethoven simply couldn’t be, it’s Australian. Nothing and no-one could be ...
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  • Advent calendarDance LegendsPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 20, 2006 8:59 am
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    Allegro John O’Brien – Zwei dunkle Augen

    This is day 20 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) The three years that I spent working with John O’Brien were some of most eventful ...
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I’ve had this blog for 17 years. The further back you go, the more pointless and random the posts become, so I don’t recommend it. More lately, I’ve focused more on the work of making music for ballet.

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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #52 (DK): Slow tendu music

    For those long, slow, school-y tendus for which no music seems suitable, here's some suitable music.
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley

    What is a coda in ballet? Here are 10 pages of codas, and links to seven famous ballet codas you have to know.
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #39 (KC): “Spanish waltz” medley

    What is a Spanish waltz? Is there such a thing? No, but here is one all the same, in case you're asked.
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #54 (Red Joker): Odalisques from Le Corsaire

    Download Odalisques piano score (free PDF) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards It’s that time of year again, ballet summer schools season, when teachers are supposed to tell ...
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #38 (QC): Prague Waltzes: Soft, strong and very long.

    Download piano sheet music for Prague Waltzes by Dvořak (free pdf) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards When is a waltz not “a waltz”? Most of the time  ...
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #37: A grand polonaise by Nápravník

    Download the Polonaise by Nápravník  (free pdf) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards You’d think that if ballet teachers have a mental model of how a polonaise goes, ...
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of playing cards #23: A fruity waltz by Tcherepnin / Cherepnin (10h)

    Download Grande valse by Cherepnin—free pdf Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards What a difference an e makes: the difference between a grand waltz and a grande valse ...
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of playing cards #5: An operatic adage by Dvořák

    Download the score of “Song to the Moon” (pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards The curse of the operatic adage  I think I only have about three ...
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #36: A triple meter ballad by Tárrega

    Download the free piano score of this Tárrega piece  (pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards A Tárrega ballad, the perfect plié music? When I say “perfect” what ...
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #50: A chameleon-like march by Granados (DJ)

    Download the score  of the Military March by Granados  (pdf, free)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards The march that isn’t a march: one of the perennial problems of music ...
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