A Ballet Class Playlist for your first week back dancing in 2024 - 
the first of many to come this year.

All music can be purchased here: https://pianomusicforballet.com/mp3-downloads

Photo by Fabio Marciano
Dancer - Carlotta Parati

Ballet Class Playlist 1 - 2024

Russian Steppes is a track on the Dancing Keys 2 CD. 
Available on hard disk from the website - www.pianomusicforballet.com
Suitable for battements tendus in a ballet class.

Russian Steppes

Reflections

From the BPM3 - Ballet Pop Music 3 (Barre & Extras) album.
Available here: https://pianomusicforballet.com/mp3-downloads

Various Storms & Saints (Stretch)

7 Years" is a song by Danish soul-pop band Lukas Graham from their second studio album, Lukas Graham. Here’s my version which will work for a ballet exercise.

7 Years (Battements Tendus)

A john Legend cover - re-arranged for your ballet class warm up or pliés.

All Of Me (Warm - Up/ Pliés)

This Sam Smith cover will work well for Battements Tendus.

Stay With Me (Battements Tendus)

The Wedding (Ronds En L'air)

"Love Me like You Do" is a song recorded by English singer Ellie Goulding for the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). I've changed it into a waltz for ballet class.

Love Me Like You Do (Waltz)

Battements Tendus: Forest Walk 1

Music for ronds de jambe from the Dancing Keys CD.

Ronds De Jambes: Cycles

"Havana" is a salsa-inspired mid-tempo pop and Latin song with R&B-pop beats, on which Cabello embraces her Cuban heritage.
Here's my version for Ballet Class

Havana (Battements Fondus)

Here's my arrangement of HAPPY by Pharrell Williams.

Happy (Centre Tendus / Pirouettes)

Created by Marie and the Atom - Gill Civil & Sarah Westwood.
NZ Indie band 1984

Miss America

35 Bluesette

Here's Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus - cover for ballet class - battements glissés/dégagés.

Wrecking Ball (Battements Glissés/Degagés)

We Are Young by FUN. works great for grands battements in a ballet class!  Find it on "BPM - Ballet Pop Music" - available here - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gillcivil4

We Are Young (Fun. cover for ballet class)

From "BPM2 - Ballet Pop Music" - CD
From Frozen, this song is arranged to suit a ballet class
Download here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bpm2balletpopmusic2

Do You Want To Build A Snowman (Ballet Piano)Frozen Cover

French Waltz 1 is the opening track (warm-up) on the latest DANCING KEYS 3 album. 
Now available on the website pianomusicforballet.com for hard copy CDs. 
YouTube video: http://youtu.be/yJc5YixnH9k

Warm-Up: French Waltz 1

Aurora Australis

Airtime is an adage from the newly released CD - Dancing Keys 3 - Original Piano Music for Ballet Class. 
Phrase structure for Airtime is 2 +(8+10) (8+10) (8+8) (8+10)
Now available on here: https://www.pianomusicforballet.com/mp3-downloads

Adage/Stretch: Airtime

Ronds de Jambe: Pleasant Pastures

This track is from the newly released "Dancing Keys 3" CD by Gill Civil (2013)
Now available here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gillcivil2 and on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/dancing-keys-3-original-piano/id608597596
Also available at http://pianomusicforballet.com/ to purchase hard copy CDs.This music is suitable for the chaînes exercise in a ballet class.

Whirligig

Jubilee Stride is from the latest CD - DANCING KEYS 3

Jubilee Stride(Grands Battements)

Be sure to listen to the extended version of Monochrome - on my spotlight section!
Monochrome - (the shorter version) is a track on the Dancing Keys 2 CD. It is available as an mp3 download here: https://pianomusicforballet.com/mp3-downloads
It's also available on hard disk from the website - www.pianomusicforballet.com

Monochrome (Warm-up)

Paprika Waltz is from the latest CD - DANCING KEYS 3

Paprika Waltz (Long)

French Waltz 3 can be found on Dancing Keys 3. 
Available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/gill-civil/id62306059  as an mp3 download.
Also on the website http://pianomusicforballet.com for hard copy CDs.
Suitable for ronds de jambe exercise in Ballet Class

French Waltz 3

Composer/pianist specializing in writing for dance,film and TV. Accompanist for Arts Umbrella, Ballet BC & Simon Fraser University. Performed as keyboardist for the rock band "Crowded House" on its 1986 tour of Australia. Owner of www.pianomusicforballet.com. Composer of the Dancing Keys CDs.

Gill Civil

Pinned to spotlight

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