Following on from our recent episode ‘Show tunes – how many show tunes it a show tune too many‘ – we’ve sparked lots of discussion and engagement on email and social media. Chris took it upon himself this week to go full on Broadway and West End in class for a while.
Below Chris is playing tunes from Carousel, Fiddler On The Roof, A Little Night Music, The Producers and The Book of Mormon.
What are your favourite show tunes to play or dance too in class?
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.
It feels really weird to be back in the studio. I’d gotten really used to my home life – work life balance, muting the microphone whilst Akiko was home schooling Joshua and realising that it was impossible to follow any dancer or teacher for a tempo and just having to rely on your own experience.
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.
We did it! You can now download our full ballet class CD featuring all of our favourite tunes (many of which we’ve spoken…
Even though we’re nearly already through January I thought it would be good to let you know what exciting episodes we’ve got for you in the coming months.
As has been mentioned on the podcast (more than once!) I bloody love numbers and statistics. Not that I understand them but I like seeing what’s going on in visual form.