Episode 76 – Ballet PIanists’ Interpretations of David Yow’s Ballet exercises
This episode is a playing episode. The pianists interpret David’s work as he sets four exercises from a standard ballet class. The team tried as…
Episode 61 – Playing and Arranging Music for Ballet Class
This episode is a unique one. It features, Chris, Akiko, and Matt all playing musical examples, something which doesn’t happen very often. You will hear…
Episode 48 – Our Ten Commandments – Teachers and Dancers Edition
Today’s episode is the second instalment of the TEN COMMANDMENTS, and it’s the turn of the commandments for dancers and teachers as told by us pianists.
Episode 45 – Happy Endings
We have a fantastically funny episode for you today, with a rather tongue-in-cheek title. In previous episodes, we have talked about introductions and what we need to get the exercise going, but what about our needs for the exercise coming to an end?
Episode 32 – Musical Trickery – Moving the Bar lines
We bring you a technical episode this week, and it’s all about counting music where the strong beat is not where you expect it to be. Some tunes do not start on the first beat of the bar, and as a result counting them for dancers can be tricky.
Show tunes
Chris took it upon himself this week to go full on Broadway and West End in class for a while.
Episode 22 – Arranging Ballet Class Repertoire
In the absence of David Yow, the three pianists bring you a Hot Topic episode very close to our hearts, and an essential skill required to becoming a successful ballet pianist. We are discussing how we arrange existing pieces of music to make it suitable for a ballet class, and ballet phrasing.
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