piano music for ballet Archives - Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jewels from the Ballet: down the wonderful rabbit-hole of English ballet history

I’ve seen this book so many times in my life, either as the piano version, or the one for violin and piano, that I have come to instantly disregard it.…

A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #42: Diable à Quatre male variation – big 2/4 jumpy thing (D3)

Jan 22, 2015 Jonathan Still

This solo from Adam's "Diable à quatre" is great for those bouncy medium/big sissonne-type allegros in 2/4.

Jonathan Still on Confessions of an anxious ballet pianist #27: Playing “Siegfried” from Swan Lake Act 3March 5, 2023 7:03 am
I should have added of course that playing it more or less unthinkingly for class (or indeed rehearsal) so often…
rudy on Confessions of an anxious ballet pianist #27: Playing “Siegfried” from Swan Lake Act 3March 5, 2023 2:00 am
jonathan, pitch-perfect grainger impersonation (as only a writer like you could do)–about the variation: you rehearsal pianists are responsible for…