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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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  • Tamara Karsavina on music

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  • Diamond fairy variation: new piano arrangement

Tag: Tchaikovsky

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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 30, 2018 5:49 pm
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    More on the Nutcracker party galop

    Thanks to Kathie Brobeck who commented on one of my favourite posts, about the origins of the children’s galop in “Tchaikovsky’s” Nutcracker, saying that Steamboat is a Scottish ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    November 6, 2018 1:41 pm
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    Black Swan, the design of everyday things, and the extended mind

    I’ve been very nervous of trying out the orchestral reduction I made in January 2015  of the Black Swan female variation for real-life principals in companies  in case ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    November 27, 2017 8:12 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #37: A grand polonaise by Nápravník

    Download the Polonaise by Nápravník  (free pdf) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards You’d think that if ballet teachers have a mental model of ...
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  • DanceMusicMusicologyPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    October 10, 2017 8:23 am
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    The mysterious case of the Lyrical Waltz

    I’ve just had an email from a teacher, asking me what I understand by the term “Lyrical Waltz.” Short answer, I don’t understand anything by it, but the ...
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  • Free sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying for ballet classTop pages
    By Jonathan Still
    March 27, 2017 11:59 am
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    Diamond fairy variation: new piano arrangement

    I had to play this yesterday at a competition, and surprisingly, it’s the first time I’ve had to do it in public. It’s vile to play. Nowadays, ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    November 1, 2016 6:34 am
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    What is a mirliton? The best link so far

    The mystery of Tchaikovsky’s mirlitons If you know my site, you’ll be aware that I’ve been trying to find pictures of and information about “mirlitons” the ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #52 (DK): Slow tendu music

    For those long, slow, school-y tendus for which no music seems suitable, here's some suitable music.
  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class

    A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley

    What is a coda in ballet? Here are 10 pages of codas, and links to seven famous ballet codas you have to know.
  • DanceMusic

    The wonderful Library of Dance

    The Library of Dance is an enormous collection of historical dance sources, including hundreds of vintage dance manuals that include tunes.
  • Dance LegendsMusic

    Madge Gillings and Mrs Bagot Stack on record

    The Women's League of Health and Beauty Exercises—music from the early 1930s, and a beautiful documentary, all online.
  • DanceMusic

    Which was the first ballet to be rehearsed to piano?

    It's hard to find out when people first rehearsed ballet with piano rather than violin. An article from 1963 might have the answer.
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