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Christmas Classics is the first Christmas ballet class album to be arranged and performed by Charles Mathews.  Featuring 23 festive hits, this album is guaranteed to add some festive sparkle to your ballet class.  In a change from the normal format, this collection not only features the sound of a grand piano, but also additional instrumentation such as glockenspiel and sleigh bells to enhance the musical mood.

5 - Tendu 2 - Let It Snow

4 - Tendu 1 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Klaus

2 - Plie 3 - 4 - O Holy Night

Download this song + 6 more at http://bit.ly/240v7fG

Available on iTunes:
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/music-for-ballet-contemporary/id630432249?at=1010l8Jq&app=itunes

Available on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1ORd4kc

All music composed, arranged and played by Søren Bebe

Music is taken from the album: Music for Ballet & Contemporary Classes - 2CD

FOHMCD003
Label: From Out Here Music

 CD 1. Music For Ballet Class
 CD 2. Music for Contemporary Ballet Class
       

Composed, arranged and played by
SØREN BEBE

Construction of class created by
ALLAN NIELSEN

Finally a CD that fills in the ballet lessons strict form, in a inspiring and floating manner.
And as an added bonus CD 2 can be used as inspiration for choreography, contemporary classes or pure listening.

Pianist and composer, Søren Bebe, has worked with dancer and teacher, Allan Nielsen, for several years.
 It has been a great mutual desire to put together this CD.
The music on these cd's can be used for all class levels.


This CD was produced with financial support from the Danish Actors Association (Produktionsstøtte) and Gramex.



CD 1: Music for Ballet Class includes music for exercises like: Introduction. Preparatory exercise, Plié, Tendu, Jeté, Rond de jambe a térre, Frappé, Fondu, Adagio, Grand Battement, Plié/Relevé, Pirouette combination ( Tango), Pirouette combination (Waltz), Petits sauts, Assemblé, Grand allegro,Tour en l´air (men), Reverence

CD 2: Music for contemporary ballet class

1. Ambient 1. Time: 8:00
2. Moving In. Time: 8:00
3. Quietly Floating. Time: 8:00
4. Sne. Time: 8:00
5. Softly softly. Time: 8:00
6. Tango Fantasia. Time: 8:00
7. Summerwaltz

CD1 recorded at Studio B, Copenhagen, at a Shigeru Kawai Grand Piano
CD2 recorded at Studio B, Copenhagen, and live at Dansehallerne using Ableton Live.

All music is mixed and mastered by John Fomsgaard at Karmacrew.


Biographies:

Allan Nielsen was educated at the Royal Danish Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark, but has also trained at John Neumeiers Ballet School of the Hamburg Ballet in Germany. 
Allan was employed as a principal dancer in Tivoli at the Pantomime Theater from 1984 to 2003.
At the moment Allan is pursuing a career as a character dancer working with the art of the Danish Commedia dell`arte, at the same place, Pantomime Theater. At the same time he is  dedicating time to his work as a teacher of classical ballet.

Allan has taught at : Scanias Dance Theatre, Danish Dance Theatre, Pantomime Theatre.
He has ben employed 3 years at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and 4 years at the Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School as a teacher in ballet.
He is the co-owner of Christianshavns Ballet School, where he enjoys introducing children to the world of ballet. Allan is found of teaching all levels of ballet; regardless whether he is teaching children or pensioners, amateurs or professional. Allan seeks to give his pupils a sense of organic flow that allows everyone to experience dance as a union of music and movement.

Søren Bebe

One of the leading pianists and composers on the Danish scene of jazz and contemporary music. Born in Odense, Denmark, on December 5th, 1975, Søren Bebe took his first piano lesson at age 8.
In 2004 he graduated from the Royal Danish Conservatory in Aarhus with an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Music.
Søren Bebe has released several jazz records as a leader and even more as a sideman. 
As a composer Søren has written mostly for own groups but also commissioned work for the Danish theater "Team Teateret" as well as a large piece for the National Gallery of Denmark.
In 2012 Søren Bebe received a working grant from the Danish Arts Council.

As a freelance accompanist for dance Søren works among other places at the Royal Danish Ballet, The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Dansehallerne and The Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli.

Plié 2

The Music for Ballet Classes series is a collection of CDs designed to provide dancers and dance teachers with all the music necessary for a complete classical ballet class. The featured piano on this album is a fantastic 9ft Yamaha concert grand.
This is the 5th volume of in the series, and features a further 40 tracks of inspiring music taken from some of the greatest classical, opera, ballet and ragtime composers to have ever lived.


26 - Jetes - Ballet Music To Jerusalem (Act 3, 16 No. 2 Pas De Deux) - Giuseppe Verdi

25 - Assembles - I Wish I Was In Dixie - Daniel Emmett

24 - Warmup Jump - The Baltimore Salute - Josie McDermott

19 - Battement Tendu (Faster) - Clow Dance From La Fille Mal Gardee - John Lanchbery

18 - Battement Tendu - Toreador Song From Carmen - Georges Bizet

16 - Port De Bras On A 4 - Nocturne In C Sharp Minor - Frederic Chopin

15 - Stretching - Pas De Deux From Paquita - Ludwig Minkus

14 - Grand Battement En Cloche - Male Variation From Diana And Actaeon Pas De Deux - Riccardo Drigo

13 - Grand Battement - La Gazza Ladra - Gioachino Rossini

08 - Rond De Jambe - Waltz In A Minor - Frederic Chopin

07 - Jete On A 2 - Russischer Marsch - Johann Strauss II

05 - Glisse On A 2 - Persischer Marsch - Johann Strauss II

04 - Tendu On A 3 - Minuet In G - J S Bach

03 - Tendu On A 2 - Grand Pas De Deux From Don Quixote - Ludwig Minkus

02 - Plies - Adagio From Fanny Elssler Pas De Deux - John Lanchbery

Charles Mathews is an experienced ballet and contemporary accompanist, who has worked with teachers and dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet, Elmhurst School for Dance, The Royal Academy of Dance, The Royal Ballet School, The British Ballet Organisation and DNA3D Dance Company amongst others. As well as playing for classical ballet, Charles also plays and improvises for contemporary dance classes and composes original music and arrangements for ballet and contemporary dancers. He has also written and recorded music for film trailers, computer games, mobile apps, the opening ceremonies of the European Gymnastics Championships and 2011 World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne, Switzerland.  Charles can be contacted via http://www.musicforballetclasses.com