Description
Folksongs & Little Classics
SET 2: Ballet Barre & Centre CD1: Beginners Level I
by June Olsson
CD has 33 Piano Selections of familiar tunes.
* indicates selection repeats for second side
There are 2 CD SETS of music coordinated to the 5 Danc’eM Ballet Barre & Centre Syllabuses.
Syllabus Levels include Beginners Level I (5&6 year olds), Beginners Level II (Beginning adults and 7&8 year olds), Intermediate, Intermediate II & Pointe, Advanced.
SET 1 – has original piano music by June Olsson.
SET 2 – has piano arrangements of children’s songs, folk songs, traditional songs, classical music, music from popular operas and famous ballets. The music is coordinated to the ballet exercises in the syllabus. This set has a bonus CD of additional music.
The music on both these sets can be used in any ballet class!
Folksongs and Little Classics
SET 2: Ballet Barre & Centre CD1 – Beginners Level I
This CD is good for any early beginner class. Arrangements have slower tempos and accents patterns for beginning dancers. CD 1 is coordinated to the Beginner Level I Ballet Syllabus
SET 1 – CD1 is also available: Ballet Barre & Centre CD1 Beginners Level I
|
Exercise |
Title |
Composer |
Demos |
MM |
Bars |
Meter |
Time |
1. |
Demi Pliés |
German Song #17 Op. 39 |
Peter Tchaikovsky |
|
60 |
2:32 |
3/4 |
1:52 |
2. |
Tendu 1 * |
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton | Robert Burns |
|
84 |
2:32 |
3/4 |
2:43 (1:19) |
3. |
Tendu 2 * |
Hot Cross Buns | English Street Cry song |
|
66 |
2:32 |
2/4 |
2:21 |
4. |
Rond de Jambe 1 * |
Grandfather’s Clock – 1876 | Henry Clay Work |
|
120 |
2:16 |
4/4 |
1:28 |
5. |
Rond de Jambe 2 * |
Santa Lucia – Barcarolle | Neapolitan folksong |
|
108 |
2:32 |
3/4 |
2:09 |
6. |
Piqué 1 * |
Swedish Polkett 1 #5 |
Swedish folksong |
|
82 |
1:16 |
4/4 |
1:53 |
7. |
Piqué 2 * |
Pleasant Moments – Ragtime waltz | Scott Joplin |
|
75 |
2:16 |
3/4 |
1:43 |
8. |
Point Point Passé 1 * |
The Cornish May Song | English folksong |
|
104 |
4:32 |
2/4 |
1:44 |
9. |
Point Point Passé 2 * |
The Moldau | Bedrich Smetana |
|
104 |
4:32 |
6/8 |
1:40 |
10. |
Frappé 1 * |
A Highland Lad My Love Was Born – The White Cockade | Old Scottish Air |
|
78 |
2:32 |
2/4 |
2:01 |
11. |
Frappé 2 * |
Dancing Lesson – from Hansel & Gretel | Engelbert Humperdinck |
|
92 |
2:32 |
2/4 |
1:42 |
12. |
Grande Battement 1 * |
A Life on the Ocean Wave | Henry Russell |
|
103 |
4:32 |
6/8 |
1:39 |
13. |
Grande Battement 2 * |
Lauterbach Song (Little Dog Gone) | George P. Watson 1906 |
|
115 |
4:32 |
3/4 |
2:12 |
14. |
Adagio 1 |
Welsh Lullaby / All Through the Night | Welsh Carol |
70 |
2:32 |
4/4 |
2:06 |
|
15. |
Adagio 2 |
Dona Nobis Pacem | Traditional |
70 |
2:48 |
3/4 |
2:17 |
|
16. |
Pas de Bourrée * |
Humpty Dumpty – Mother Goose |
English folksong-nursery rhyme |
|
63 |
2:16 |
6/8 |
1:28 |
17. |
Allegra 1 |
Bonnie Dundee | Scottish folksong | |
68 |
2:32 |
6/8 |
1:08 |
18. |
Allegra 2 |
Ev’ry Flower – Rigoletto Act 1 – #2 | Guiseppi Verdi |
70 |
2:32 |
6/8 |
1:21 |
|
19. |
Travel Tendu |
The Glow Worm – from Lysistrata Opera | Paul Linke |
68 |
2:32 |
2/4 |
1:09 |
|
20. |
Balancé Waltz 1 |
Minuet in G Major – Anna Magdalena Notebook | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
68 |
2:32 |
3/4 |
1:39 |
21. |
Balancé Waltz 2 |
Dance of the Blessed Spirits – from Orfeo ed Euridice | Scéne des Champs-Elysées : Christoph W. Gluck | |
85 |
2:32 |
3/4 |
1:22 |
22. |
Glissade 1 |
Buy A Broom – Did You Ever See A Lassie | Scottish Folksong |
110 |
4:32 |
3/4 |
1:08 |
|
23. |
Glissade 2 * |
Sing A Song Of Six Pence – Mother Goose | 18th C Nursery Rhyme | |
110 |
2:16 |
4/4 |
1:32 |
24. |
Small Jumps 1 |
Love and Mirth – Baden Baden Polka | Johann Strauss |
88 |
2:16 |
2/4 |
0:34 |
|
25. |
Small Jumps 2 |
The Bluebird and The Broken Ring | Charles Deberiot & Friedrich Gluck |
88 |
2:32 |
6/8 |
0:55 |
|
26. |
Changement |
Geography song | Folksong | |
88 |
2:32 |
6/8 |
0:56 |
27. |
Walks |
Pizzicati – from Sylvia | Léo Delibes | |
88 |
2:32 |
4/4 |
1:41 |
28. |
Polka #1 |
No. 3 – Air De La Petite Russie Op. 107 #3 | Ludvig Van Beethoven |
96 |
2:48 |
2/4 |
1:05 |
|
29. |
Soubresaut 1 |
Happy & Light – from The Bohemian Girl | Michael William Balfe |
63 |
2:48 |
6/8 |
1:44 |
|
30. |
Soubresaut 2 |
Life Let Us Cherish Waltz No. 3, Op. 340 |
Johann Strauss, Jr. |
|
175 |
4:64 |
3/4 |
1:19 |
31. |
Chainé Turns 1 |
Lightly Row / Mary Had A Little Lamb medley | Folksongs | |
86 |
4:64 |
2/4 |
1:44 |
32. |
Chainé Turns 2 |
The Easy Winners | Scott Joplin |
72 |
2:64 |
2/4 |
1:57 |
|
33. |
Reverié Stretch |
The Merry Widow Waltz |
Franz Lehar |
|
108 |
4:64 |
3/4 |
2:01 |
Folksongs & Little Classics
SET 2: Ballet Barre & Centre CD1: Beginners Level I
by June Olsson
Also Available
Sheet Music book of all pieces on SET 1: CD 1:
Piano Music for Ballet Class Vol 1 – Ballet Barre & Center Beginner Level I
Danc’em Ballet Barre & Centre Beginner’s Level I Syllabus
SET 1: Ballet Barre & Centre CDs
Ballet Barre & Centre – Beginners Level I CD
Ballet Barre & Centre – Beginners Level II CD
Ballet Barre & Centre – Intermediate CD
Ballet Barre & Centre – Intermediate II & Pointe CD
Ballet Barre & Centre – Advanced CD
The Danc’em Syllabuses come with music from the Ballet Barre & Centre CDs SET 1
Ballet Barre & Centre Beginners Level I Syllabus
Ballet Barre & Centre Beginners Level II Syllabus
Ballet Barre & Centre Intermediate Syllabus
Ballet Barre & Centre Intermediate II & Beginning Pointe Syllabus
Ballet Barre & Centre Advanced Syllabus