dance manuals Archives - Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Liveness, Hawaiian arm exercises, and a bit of sensory history

October 12, 2013 7:47 am Jonathan Still

Scrolling through The Art of Dancing (1919) on Forgotten Books, I came across a quaint-sounding exercise, Basic Hawaiian Arm and Italian Body Exercises Combined To Promote Arm and Body Grace.…

Dance Music Playing for ballet class

Zorn’s ‘Grammar’ online, for all your polka mazurka needs

February 6, 2012 7:51 am Jonathan Still

I got my copy of Zorn’s ‘Grammar’ via Abe Books a few years ago, but it occurred to me that it must surely be out of copyright, and digitised by…

Confessions of an anxious ballet pianist #27: Playing “Siegfried” from Swan Lake Act 3

March 4, 2023 10:09 pm Jonathan Still

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Liveness, Hawaiian arm exercises, and a bit of sensory history

Zorn’s ‘Grammar’ online, for all your polka mazurka needs

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Beautiful new edition of a La Bayadère répétiteur free online

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Confessions of an anxious ballet pianist #27: Playing “Siegfried” from Swan Lake Act 3