The New York City Ballet presents a classic ballet tale for a modern ballet lover with George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, a holiday favorite. The Nutcracker: Picture Book You can buy the book on Amazon The New York City Ballet is known for showcasing classic stories of the ballet with their trademark stylish and modern sensibility….
Kim So Hyun Pianist at Canada’s National Ballet School Kim So Hyun was born in Korea. She was a ballet pianist at Seoul Tanz Station, Kyung Hee University, Sunhwa Arts High School in Korea. She is currently working as a ballet pianist in Toronto, Canada. Price: $8.99 Warming up 01:52 Plies 04:17 Battements tendus I…
16 inspirational ballet class tracks by David Plumpton, arranged and performed by author. Song list: A Lovely Night (Pliés) [slow tempo] 02:20 A Lovely Night (Ronds de jambe À Terre) [slow tempo] 04:16 A Lovely Night (Développés / Stretch) [medium tempo] 02:18 Audition – The Fools Who Dream (Slow Tendus) [medium tempo] 03:14 Audition –…
Ballet class pianist bringing you classical arrangements of pop and Hollywood hits. 30 songs, 55 minutes Song list: Warm Up (Swan Lake) Plié (La Bayadere) Tendu Plié (Coppélia) Tendu 1 (Esmerelda) Tendu 2 (Coppélia) Jeté 1 (Swan Lake) Jeté 2 (Sleeping Beauty) Ronds de Jambe (Giselle) Fondu (Swan Lake) Ronds de Jambe en l’Air (Sylvia)…
The pianist in a dance class can endow the music with a large number of completely different ambiences and feelings that may have an effect on the vitality of the category. Subsequently, the pianist must have a slightly broad palette of tools. As a consequence of this, the extra instruments the pianist has the extra…
The job of the ballet pianist may be very demanding, not solely requiring the power to sight-read troublesome orchestral reductions, be taught massive quantities of repertoire (whether or not from ballet repertory or examination syllabi), but in addition to look at the directions of the dance trainer, watch the dancers, and play in time. I’d…
In Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection, journalist and dance critic Deirdre Kelly chronicles the fascinating double life of the ballerina, personifying perfection on the stage and facing poverty, exploitation and unsafe working conditions behind the curtain. Since the ballet itself paid most dancers too little to cover their lavish costumes…
Grand Rapids Ballet Celebrates 50 Years in 2022! 2022 marks a major milestone for Grand Rapids Ballet, Michigan’s only professional ballet company, as the company celebrates 50 years of lifting the human spirit through the art of dance. In 2011, our website DanceMelody.com wrote the following about the Grand Rapids Ballet: When people talk about…
Ballet exercise: Grand Allegro – Grand Jeté – music for ballet classes by Boris Yakshov. The theme of the song “The Autumn Leaves”. Listen to Boris Yakshov on IDanceMusic.com! The global professional streaming platform for music specialized in dance. Free download Grand Jeté, MP3, Music for ballet class by Boris Yakshov https://dancemelody.com/download/ly/ The use of…
Russian ballerina Polina Kamysheva says: My biggest and most cherished dream is to become a famous ballerina! Every moment of dance is always dear to me, and dance has become a part of my life! I love my profession, my art, this is my destiny. I cherish every day, every breath, every minute spent in…
When students at the Royal Ballet School scattered to their homes around the globe during the first British lockdown last spring, classes went virtual and, at first, proved quite tricky. It was not just about time differences, with Chinese, Australian and Japanese students, among others, not keen to get up in the middle of the…
Léo Delibes, Coppélia, Act I, Mazurka. Printable sheet music for piano in original key (D-dur). The complete score for Delibes’ Coppélia, as arranged for piano by the composer, originally published by Heugel in 1893. Performer’s Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions,…
