“. . . And she done the fandango all over the place”
I’ve just found another beautiful piece of dance research. Beauty might be an odd adjective to use, but there is something deeply attractive about the careful observation, and attention to…
A year of ballet playing cards #35: A mazurka by Hubay
Download piano score of Hubay’s mazurka (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards Slow, mazurka-like exercises from the corner for multiple pirouettes are a staple of…
A year of ballet playing cards #53 (Black Joker): Reel from La Sylphide
There's nothing like the reel from La Sylphide to perk up little jumps in a ballet class. Here's the piano score, nicely typeset.
A year of ballet playing cards #22: A schmaltzy waltz by Kéler (9h)
Download the waltz by Kéler in piano score (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards Elastic or expressive timing is a feature of music in ballet…
Musicology, ballet teaching and time signature
A proud day for me, my first proper article published in Empirical Musicology Review. “How Down is a Downbeat? Feeling Meter and Gravity in Music and Dance?” came out of…
A year of playing cards #19: A medley of (double) jigs (6h)
Download the score of the double jig medley (free pdf) (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards I’m a few weeks behind, not least because it’s…