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, the directors, the choreographers,…
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…
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…
The mysterious case of the Lyrical Waltz
I’ve just had an email from a teacher, asking me what I understand by the term “Lyrical Waltz.” Short answer, I don’t understand anything by it, but the long answer…
Post-grad study for mature students : 15 tips
A while back, a friend and colleague who is about to start a PhD asked me if I had any advice. I said, don’t ask me, given that I had…
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…