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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 24, 2013 7:37 am
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    “Britain’s greatest living composer”

    Sir John Tavener, according to Ian Youngs in an article on the BBC website, is regarded as ‘one of Britain’s greatest living composers’. I mean no ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 22, 2012 11:51 am
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    Playing for ballet class tips #22: With harmony too, less is more

    If you’re improvising or harmonising a melody, there’s a lot to be said for just sticking to simple harmonies, and avoiding chromaticism or excessive modulation for ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 18, 2012 10:38 am
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    Playing for ballet class tips #18: take a lesson in 18th century composition

    A lot of pianists are frightened of ‘improvisation’  because the term is widely (mis)understood to mean that you play a chord with your left hand and ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 17, 2012 3:19 pm
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    Playing for ballet class tips #17: Composing and improvising

    Today I’m delighted to have a guest blog by Andy Higgs, friend, composer and musician who’s currently company pianist at Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf. This all came ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 23, 2010 7:12 am
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    Ballet troubles & music

    Music in Motion is an article on new scores for NYCB from The New Yorker by Alex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise. (Via theballetbag ...
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  • DanceMusic
    By Jonathan Still
    April 12, 2010 9:32 am
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    Music at Rambert

    Very nice article about music at Rambert from the magazine of the ISM.  Great to see all the big  topics (what’s music for? how do choreographers ...
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Welcome to my site. I mostly write about playing for ballet (I'm a pianist), but the further back you go, the stupider the posts get, so I wouldn't recommend trawling through the archives for treasure.

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    A year of ballet playing cards #6 (S6): A barcarole for port de bras

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    Music, time and politics in the ballet studio

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    “On, Wisconsin!” and La Bayadère

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