Occasionally we will be dropping ‘in conversation’ interviews with some leading people in the world of ballet. We’ll be talking to them about their lives, careers and as always – there’ll be funny stories along the way.
In this episode we’re talking to David Yow, former principal of Birmingham Royal Ballet.
As always, David educates us about what the exercises are for and how they’re executed. We discuss our favourite pieces and genres of music for adage
We bring you another gem of an episode this week, an “In Conversation” with the Artistic Director and CEO of Scottish Ballet, Christopher Hampson. Recorded in November 2020 during the pandemic.
The pianists talk about what types of music you can use for pirouettes and the listener will learn that there are many styles that can be used for this exercise with varying accent. The most common style of music generally used is the waltz, but you can play mazurkas, landlers, jazz waltzes, Viennese waltzes and many more.
Traditionally speaking, ballet is a physical art form, and a discipline, and over the centuries, how dancers, teachers, and pianists behave in the studio has evolved.
We discuss in this episode what we think are the most important aspects of studio etiquette that enhance the art form.
We transfer from barre to centre, with this first exercise which is a centre port de bras. The pianists discuss how they adapt their repertoire for this particular exercise.
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