Jonathan Still, ballet pianist
Music, dance, IT, trivia. Not necessarily in that order.
Posts about musicology—for the most part, this is the kind of musicology that includes dance
The maxixe was a lower-class dance that caused outrage in upper and middle class society in late 19th century Brazil. Not only did partners hold each other by the buttocks,…
Chopin's "mazurkas" in fact comprise three different kinds of Polish dance in triple meter.
Warning: this post may contain traces of moth Spent the day at Senate House Library (the music bit), on one of my regular-ish trawls for new stuff to include in…