Dance
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RIP John O’Brien
RIP John O'Brien, dear friend and wonderful teacher, to whom I owe everything as a pianist in ballet, died yesterday, 11th May 2019. -
“Ballerinas in the church hall”—Virginia Taylor’s thesis online
Joyce Kilmer thought she would never see a poem as lovely as a tree; well, I’m pretty sure I will never see a thesis as lovely ... -
Learn quadrilles for a day in Charing, Kent, 28th April 2019
Here’s a lovely idea for a Sunday in April—come to Charing in Kent for a day of learning to dance 19th century quadrilles with early dance ... -
Research on marching music and dotted rhythms
Nice to see an article about marching music, one of the weird, esoteric topics that perplex ballet pianists like me: a 2018 conference paper by Niels Hansen, ... -
Tia DeNora, affordances, and more on the lyrical waltz
In a previous post about the so-called “lyrical waltz” (a term sometimes used by some ballet teachers) I took a long time to come to the ... -
10 fabulous ballet women for International Women’s Day 2018
One of the reasons I started blogging was because I was frustrated that journalists and historians tended to focus only on the big names: the stars, ...
