Between...Tot and Teen

Track Listings
1. Foot Exercise    
2. Demi Plie    
3. Plie    
4. Battement tendu I    
5. Battement tendu II, The Chrysanthemum (rag), Joplin    
6. Battement degage I,    
7. Battement degage II,    
8. Ronds de jambe (slower)Peasant Pas, Giselle, Bergmuller    
9. Ronds de jambe (quicker)Peasant Pas, Giselle, Bergmuller    
10. Retire    
11. Preparation for developpe    
12. Grande battement (slower) Polacca    
13. Grande battement (quicker)Polacca    
14. Demi pointe    
15. Preparation for Pirouette, Grand Pas Classique, Auber    
16. Port de Bras, Harlequinade, Drigo    
17. Arabesque, Troubled Happiness, Miyutin    
18. Preparation for Pirouette, I Vespri Siciliani, Verdi    
19. Chasse into Chaine, Don Sebastian, Donizetti    
20. Saute and changement    
See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Among all the dance classes I accompany, I very much enjoy playing beginning level ballet classes. The musicality of the children becomes my responsibility; my opportunity to help them develop a musical sense at this age that may continue through their dancing experience.

In this project I had a chance to focus on those beginning level classes where appropriate recorded music is very difficult to find. I teamed up with Mignon Furman, a teacher from South Africa who has a great reputation in Europe and who has vast experience teaching ballet to young children. Now living in New York City, she runs the American Academy Ballet and its various programs.

The barre exercises come in short, compact, exercises for the teacher to truly be able to break down the steps enabling the students to learn them precisely. The barre exercises are repeated on the same track; the travelling exercises are fairly long. The pieces chosen are also very interesting melodically, ranging from my original melodies-to classical-to "fun" (Too Much Mustard, The Clarinet Polka, and Who Stole the Kishka). Several exercises are repeated at different speeds.

An accompanying DVD with of same title can also be found on Amazon.com.

Between...Tot and Teen, Music, Steven V Mitchell/Various, piano Steven Mitchell
Between...Tot and Teen
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great CD
  • Steven Mitchell does it again!
Between...Tot and Teen

Manufacturer: Danceables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AB51NU
Release Date: 2005-07-16

Tracks:

  1. Foot Exercise
  2. Demi Plie
  3. Plie
  4. Battement tendu I
  5. Battement tendu II, The Chrysanthemum (rag), Joplin
  6. Battement degage I,
  7. Battement degage II,
  8. Ronds de jambe (slower)Peasant Pas, Giselle, Bergmuller
  9. Ronds de jambe (quicker)Peasant Pas, Giselle, Bergmuller
  10. Retire
  11. Preparation for developpe
  12. Grande battement (slower) Polacca
  13. Grande battement (quicker)Polacca
  14. Demi pointe
  15. Preparation for Pirouette, Grand Pas Classique, Auber
  16. Port de Bras, Harlequinade, Drigo
  17. Arabesque, Troubled Happiness, Miyutin
  18. Preparation for Pirouette, I Vespri Siciliani, Verdi
  19. Chasse into Chaine, Don Sebastian, Donizetti
  20. Saute and changement
  21. Petit Allegro I, Don Sebastian, Donizetti
  22. Petit Allegro II, "Too Much Mustard", Roberts/Macklin
  23. Pas de Chat, "Clarinet Polka", traditional
  24. Balancslow), "Dolores" waltz
  25. Balancquick), "Dolores" waltz
  26. Galop, Chassand Pas de Bourree
  27. Posemps levn arabeque(Who Stole the Kishka?) trad.
  28. Coda, from Giselle, Adam
  29. Reverence, from Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky

Product Description

Among all the dance classes I accompany, I very much enjoy playing beginning level ballet classes. The musicality of the children becomes my responsibility; my opportunity to help them develop a musical sense at this age that may continue through their dancing experience. In this project I had a chance to focus on those beginning level classes where appropriate recorded music is very difficult to find. I teamed up with Mignon Furman, a teacher from South Africa who has a great reputation in Europe and who has vast experience teaching ballet to young children. Now living in New York City, she runs the American Academy Ballet and its various programs. The barre exercises come in short, compact, exercises for the teacher to truly be able to break down the steps enabling the students to learn them precisely. The barre exercises are repeated on the same track; the travelling exercises are fairly long. The pieces chosen are also very interesting melodically, ranging from my original melodies-to classical-to "fun" (Too Much Mustard, The Clarinet Polka, and Who Stole the Kishka). Several exercises are repeated at different speeds. An accompanying DVD with of same title can also be found on Amazon.com.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2006-01-04

I love CDs that make students smile. This one is especially appropriate for the beginning levels. The tempos are strong and clear and the accents are perfect. The music is never heavy. The music for center work helps keep the class moving at an energetic pace. Thank you Steven Mitchell.
Annie

4 out of 5 stars Steven Mitchell does it again!.......2005-08-29

Steven Mitchell has yet again created a fantastic cd for the ballet classroom. I enjoy using this cd for younger levels and pre-teen classes. The musical choices are well thought out and the recording quality sounds great.

Track Listings:

  1. Bizet: Symphony in C, Jeux D'enfants Op.22, etc. [Import]
  2. Brahms: Double Concerto, Op. 102; Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129
  3. Brahms: Quintet in F/Schumann: Quintet in E
  4. Brahms: Sonata, Op.120, Nos. 1 & 2
  5. Brave New World
  6. Britten - Peter Grimes / Davis, Winslade, Watson, London Symphony Orchestra
  7. Busoni Recalled - The 1941 New York Commemorative Concert / Mitropoulos, New York PO
  8. Caliente! Laurel Zucker & Christopher Caliendo
  9. Calliope Dances: A Renaissance Revel
  10. Chant: Tenebrae Factea Sunt; Alleluia

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