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Tag: ballet class accompaniment

Home›Posts Tagged "ballet class accompaniment" (Page 3)
  • BooksMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    May 11, 2019 9:57 am
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    Music in “Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear” by Stephen Manes

    I bought Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear when it first came out in 2011: I didn’t particularly want to read it (because I spend enough time ...
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  • Playing for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    April 30, 2019 3:54 pm
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    Judith Espinosa, the fishermen’s wives and the waltz

    As allegro was about to begin during a ballet class yesterday, I started to smirk thinking about something I’d read in Derek Parker’s fascinating book, The ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet classTop pages
    By Jonathan Still
    January 20, 2019 6:42 pm
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    Ballet pianists on film

    Film clips of ballet pianists playing for class are so rare. There are films (such as the World Ballet Day online classes) where pianists play for ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    November 17, 2018 8:03 pm
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    Christmas carols for ballet class: free downloads

    Christmas carols for ballet class: get ready for advent It’s that time of year again: a few years ago, as an “advent calendar” I uploaded a ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    August 27, 2018 10:48 am
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    Tia DeNora, affordances, and more on the lyrical waltz

    In a previous post about the so-called “lyrical waltz” (a term sometimes used by some ballet teachers) I took a long time to come to the ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    August 2, 2018 6:48 pm
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    A year of ballet playing cards #54 (Red Joker): Odalisques from Le Corsaire

    Download Odalisques piano score (free PDF) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards It’s that time of year again, ballet summer schools season, when teachers ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #52 (DK): Slow tendu music

    For those long, slow, school-y tendus for which no music seems suitable, here's some suitable music.
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley

    What is a coda in ballet? Here are 10 pages of codas, and links to seven famous ballet codas you have to know.
  • DanceMusic

    The wonderful Library of Dance

    The Library of Dance is an enormous collection of historical dance sources, including hundreds of vintage dance manuals that include tunes.
  • Dance LegendsMusic

    Madge Gillings and Mrs Bagot Stack on record

    The Women's League of Health and Beauty Exercises—music from the early 1930s, and a beautiful documentary, all online.
  • DanceMusic

    Which was the first ballet to be rehearsed to piano?

    It's hard to find out when people first rehearsed ballet with piano rather than violin. An article from 1963 might have the answer.
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