Pop Hits for Ballet Class is an exciting new release from Music for Ballet Classes.  In our first CD to feature modern pop music, you can hear songs by the likes of Queen, Katy Perry, The Goo Goo Dolls, Bon Jovi and more, all expertly arranged for use in a ballet class by renowned pianist Charles Mathews.

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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

One of many figures inspired and empowered by the Art industry. His father used to be a drummer and his grandfather a singer. a marked bloodline in art and love for music.
He begins his education in Dance and Performing Academy of arts since 8 years old.Then moves to Berlin at the age of 19 to and he falls in love with The City. Rapidly he's launched into the Berlin Techno and Art Scene, he meets Residents Dj's, Dancers , of the Community. inspired and absorbed by its grotesque beauty,he seeks for assembling sounds.he promotes, supports and produces for various Collectives.His passion for art branches out to choreographing, song writing, conceptual art ,visual directing. all round his research for sound includes a variety of vibrations, from old school house, tribal trance to pure hard techno,the blend of sole primordial transcendental phonetics with beats juggling between rhythmical and arrhythmic looping .as deep the research for movement so is the one for sound. He's a song writer and Produced ,wrote Different Rap Songs under the name of Lennylicious, his first single 'Payed to spit' and followup with 'So lit', 'Unick', 'Learn from me'.. as well more Classical/Soul vibes(check new Single  'Nobody', 'Inner child' , 'Water falls')