100 tips for working with pianists #4: Make eye-contact possible
Make sure that you regularly stand in a position that enables you to keep your lines of communication with the pianist open, even if it’s only for a moment. The…
100 tips for working with pianists #2: Use your pianists’ name
Go straight up to your pianist the first time you work with them, introduce yourself saying “Hi, my name is ……”, find out what name your pianist prefers to be…
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…
Grand allegro Wayne Sleep – Coda from Diane & Acteon
This is day 22 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) There’s a huge advantage to working for someone as demanding, professional and uncompromising on quality as Wayne Sleep –…
Batterie Gillian Cornish – Last movement from Beethoven piano concerto No. 5 (The Emperor)
This is day 21 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) If there’s one nationality Beethoven simply couldn’t be, it’s Australian. Nothing and no-one could be further than him from…
Allegro John O’Brien – Zwei dunkle Augen
This is day 20 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) The three years that I spent working with John O’Brien were some of most eventful and magical that I…