100 tips for working with pianists #1: Give feedback
It doesn’t matter how experienced the pianist is, or how inexperienced you are – give feedback. When a pianist plays something you like, something that works well for an exercise,…
June 2007: 100 tips for working with ballet pianists
It’s June, and for me that means quite a few sessions for students on working with music and musicians. You can turn ‘working with pianists’ into a subject, and I…
Barry Wordsworth interviewed on Dancerdance
Another top-drawer entry from Dancerdance: an in-depth interview with Barry Wordsworth (hitherto mainly unpublished material) one of the greats of the ballet conducting world who has recently been appointed Music…
Old friends at the Phyllis Bedells Bursary 2007
It’s been a weekend of coincidences and spooky connectedness. The coincidence is that I spent all day Saturday with Dan as he cheered me on in the Swimathon and helped…
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 , known, at least…
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 Carl Czerny ought to…