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…
Anton Simon’s Souvenir de Bal and that Corsaire variation
For year’s I’ve been intrigued by the music for the female variation from Le Corsaire (the one with the Italian fouettés at the end), noting that just very occasionally, you…
Chelsea Reach
As a teenager, one of my passions as a pianist was the music of John Ireland, passed on to me by my teacher, Trissie Cox, who introduced me to a…
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Another top-drawer entry from Dancerdance: an in-depth interview with Barry Wordsworth (hitherto mainly unpublished material) one of the greats of the ballet conducting world who has recently been appointed Music…
Buy A Class
I get quite a few people sending me links to add to my Dance Links page. Most of them haven’t taken time to read the bit where I say what…