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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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Tag: piano music for ballet

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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    July 5, 2019 12:28 am
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    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 ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    January 22, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #42: Diable à Quatre male variation – big 2/4 jumpy thing (D3)

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

    More background on the party scene song in The Nutcracker

    Since writing about Bon Voyage Cher Dumollet nine years ago, I've found out a lot more. Here are some sources.
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    Kostrovitskaya’s career as a plasterer

    In these days when artists are insulted by the idea of having to retrain as something else, let's take a moment to remember Vera Kostrovitskaya, famous pedagogue—and plasterer, restorer of ...
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    BooksPlaying for ballet class

    Galina Bezuglaya’s second book

    Perhaps you have to be as old as I am to be quite as excited about a book arriving from Russia, but it’s doubly exciting since I ordered it on ...
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    DanceMusicMusicologyPlaying for ballet class

    Pianos and violins in the ballet class

    When did the piano replace the violin in the ballet class in the Imperial Theatre schools? Galina Bezuglaya has some interesting answers.
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    Tamara Karsavina on music

    In "Theatre Street," Karsavina makes several references to the soundworld of her dance training and rehearsal. Here is a collection of them.
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