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CONTEMPORARY BALLET with Charles Maple NOW ON DVD!
Exciting ballet with a cutting edge! American Ballet
Theater soloist and teacher, Charles Maple, presents
Contemporary Ballet Choreography that will give an
exciting lift to your performances. Two cutting edge dances,
each 3:00, will challenge and invigorate your students.
Mr. Maple has broken his easy-to-follow dances into phrases
that can combine in multiple ways to create original choreography.
Presented front and back these dances can be performed
by large or small groups and with dancers on point or flat.
Audiences will love these spectacular ballets! PLUS CONTEMPORARY COMBINATIONS! Center Floor and Across-the-Floor combos to add style and sparkle to your classes.
CHARLES MAPLE has been a featured soloist with the American Ballet Theater and principal dancer with the Basel Ballet of Switzerland and National Ballet of Mexico. As a choreographer he has received awards at La Baule Festival in France and the Tokyo International Choreographers Competition and has his work shown in the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. He is on staff at the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive.
50 minutes. $39.99
Item Code: CB (DVD or VHS)
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MUSIC for CONTEMPORARY BALLET on CD - Five
Versions of the two compositions that accompany the choreography
and highly recommended
to accompany the dances.
$11.99 Item Code:CB-CD
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DAVID HOWARD / MASTER BALLET CLASSES
I & II
Take a master class from one of
the greatest ballet teachers of our time.
David Howard, coach to Baryshnikov, Makarova,
and Kirkland gives two full-length classes for
you to follow at home, in the studio, or on the road.
Both tapes include an introduction by Howard's
pupil, Prima Ballerina Cynthia Harvey, and present
a complete Warm-up, Barre, and Center Floor. As an
extra feature, each video includes an illustrated
History of Toe Dancing and Pointe Technique. Each video
70 minutes. "I am delighted that his classes have been captured on film and are now available for students and teachers to study at home." Gelsey Kirkland
Intermediate Classes I or II DVD $36.99 each
Online Special! Both for $64.99!Click here
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Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the New York City
Ballet, and four graceful dancers--two men, two women--offer a beautifully
produced, challenging, strength flexibility workout. Using principles
of ballet, the dancers take the viewer through warm-up, floor barre,
and standing center floor sequence which includes acardiovascular and stretch/cool down. Extras on
the DVD include additional exercises, "the making of," and interviews
with members of NYCB. Worthwhile for all dancers, budding ballerinas
and even the dance spectator.
90 minutes. DVD $29.99 Item Code: NY
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LISA HARRIS / MUSIC FOR BALLET CLASS
(CDs)
Lisa Harris plays for the Pacific
Northwest Ballet as they pirouette
to her classical, jazz, and rock renditions.
It's a breath of fresh air to take class
to Beauty and the Beast, Andrew Lloyd Webber,
or Elton John. Lisa follows the guidelines for the traditional
ballet class, but plays a wide variety of music
to add spice to the class. The quality of the recording
is excellent. All tracks are clearly marked with type
of ballet exercise and tempo.
NEW! LISA HARRIS COLLECTION
This two CD set is a compilation of music from previous
titles by Lisa Harris. Selections from the following
ten titles are included in these eighty-nine unrepeated tracks
of solo piano music. TENDU, ETUDES, APRES LE PLIE, BALLET TECHNIQUE,
PAS DE CHAT, ARABESQUE, FAVORITES, VARIATIONS, IN SYNC, and SOLO
PIANO. This sampler CD contains original, familiar and classical
melodies arranged for an intermediate ballet class with several pieces
for each step and much requested longer bands with a variety of petit
allegros, grand allegros and lots of adagios.
A double CD extravaganza. Ballet music for
barre and center. Classical and Contemporary. Wonderful!
80 tracks. $39.99 Item Code: LH7-CD
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PAS DE CHAT
A Dancin’ Habit favorite. Tracks include Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sting and Gershwin. 50 tracks.
$24.99 Item Code: LH1-CD
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ELEGANCE TRACKS:
$24.99 Item
Code: LH9-CD
VARIATIONS
TRACKS:
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BALLET ELEGANCE
Longer bands
of music repeated for the barre exercises, played once for center
floor. Music by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Beethoven as well as
some popular songs mixed in for a variety. The waltzes and jumps have
longer bands of music for moving across the floor with grace and elegance.
32 tracks.
$24.99 Item Code: LH8-CD
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VARIATIONS
Who says ballet music can’t be fun? Music
by Elton John, Indigo Girls, Gershwin, The Who,
Billy Joel, plus classical selections. 30 tracks.
$24.99 Item
Code: LH9-CD
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Michael Roberts originally
accompanied ballet class for the Royal Ballet
School and is now Los Angeles’ premiere accompanist.
These CDs contain original music for ballet class that
will motivate your students and inspire combinations.
All tracks clearly marked with exercise, tempo,
and number of bars.