Guest Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Does anybody know a good website where you can download a variety of classical variations. Have tried I tunes for a couple but they're all just the orchestral parts which are way too fast to dance to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 We've always had difficulty too, and with sourcing cd's as well. There's also the problem of watching variations on Youtube... which version of the variation is the 'industry standard' and the best one for students to learn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 http://www.margotdance.com/ Here is a link to Margot Kazimirska's website. I have many of her CDs, they are wonderful for classes. Volume 4 - Pointe and Variations has a full class followed by lots of different variations at the right speed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance*is*life Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 You can also download a converter for youtube to MP3 and then there are a few downloads which can edit the music (slowing,speeding, cutting etc). When you've saved them you can put them on a CD. I don't think the speed matters desperately, because there is nothing to say that you have to dance them at a certain speed. The Russians take everything super slow so I tend to avoid their versions! When we're practising variations, we often connect their phones to the music centre and use the youtube version that suits each dancer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomin Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Is this any good? http://www.danceclassmusic.com/samples-ballet.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyofdance Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Anaballerina, do you mind if I jump in on the post and ask a question. I am looking for a short piece of music for as Greek dance. I am looking for something light and uplifting and that possibly could have some choreography put to it that represented an aspect of nature. I dont have a clue where to start looking and my attempts at finding something via google have not been fruitful. Can anyone advise me please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 http://www.margotdance.com/ Here is a link to Margot Kazimirska's website. I have many of her CDs, they are wonderful for classes. Volume 4 - Pointe and Variations has a full class followed by lots of different variations at the right speed. My dd used to love taking classes when Margot was playing. She is a really lovely person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Joyofdance there was a thread in the last year about where to get music. I can't find it on a quick search but maybe search under the tag music?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I found this one from last year: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/10560-solo-music-help/?hl=%2Bmusic+%2Bvariations#entry141791 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Not that this music covers classical variations but I came across this via twitter this morning. Nate (Nathan) Fifield is the Assistant Music Director at Northern Ballet. It is a joy listening to him playing for class and trying to work out which tunes he is playing... He's released an album for class: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/pop-hits-for-ballet-class/id1146195510 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 On the subject of itunes, there are often several different recordings available so it might be a case of typing in the track name and listening to five or six versions. Dd danced the Woodland Glade fairy from Sleeping Beauty a couple of years ago and although most of the recordings on itunes were by Russian conductors (very fast indeed), with a bit of patience we managed to find a version by the ROH Orchestra at the same speed as the RB version. If I remember there were at least 30 different recordings of Sleeping Beauty on itunes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 We had the same issue with the Sugar Plum Fairy variation. Umpteen versions, all at different speeds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Sorry to go off-topic a little, but I always find when I hear a piece of music played in an orchestral concert which I primarily associate with being ballet music, with the inevitable faster speeds (especially for waltzes) than you would hear when accompanying dancers, my brain can't help but bring up mental images of dancers going at humanly impossible speeds! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBallerina97 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) downloadballet.com have a lot of variations that you can download for free Edited September 15, 2016 by MiniBallerina97 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Not SO long ago dancers did go at more break neck speeds. When I used to watch Beauty in the mid 70's all the fairy variations were much faster than currently danced! It is helpful to have slower versions when actually learning a piece though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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