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 63 – Dealing with Specific Requests in Ballet Class
This episode is a round table discussion all about the weird and wonderful requests that can occur in a ballet class. Sometimes the…
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 41 – Playing For Ballet Assessments
It’s quite a niche topic within our industry, but it’s quite important and this episode is particularly insightful.
Episode 39 – First Date Nerves – Playing For A New Ballet Teacher
Have you ever been on a first date and experienced the sort of nerves you get when you meet someone for the first time? Well as a ballet pianist, and ballet teacher, working with someone you’ve never met before can feel just like that.
Episode 38 – Playing For Men in Ballet Class
We discuss as a general consensus that we would play a bit stronger, bigger with more space in the music to allow for the men to jump a bit higher, and execute more pirouettes, and to generally dancer bigger, as in general, men are known for that.
Catharsis Reel – Accelerando
We’ve spoken at length about David’s love of ‘The Reel’ – aka Catharsis Reel by composed by Amy Cann.
Episode 28 – Show tunes in Ballet Class – How many show tunes is a show tune too many?
We are bringing you a brand new episode today which focuses on the use of show tunes in the ballet class, and ask…
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