Ballet Piano Podcast

We have a fantastic new episode for you this week, another ‘In Conversation’. We were lucky enough to get together with dance pianist and silent film composer, living legend John Sweeney.

We have a fantastic new episode for you this week, another ‘In Conversation’. We were lucky enough to get together with dance pianist and silent film composer, living legend John Sweeney.

John has the most amazing career in dance accompaniment and silent movies, and we well and truly put the spotlight on him to find out about his life and career, from a person, who on the surface is rather understated.

John is also famed for his extremely varied and sophisticated improvising and that is the life blood of his work as an accompanist, and we ask him in-depth about his training and education in music that has shaped him and the way he accompanies dance.

We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know what you think, by emailing us at [email protected], and if there was anything you wanted to ask John, you can email your question and comment to us for a future episode.

We have a fantastic new episode for you this week, another ‘In Conversation’. We were lucky enough to get together with dance pianist and silent film composer, living legend John Sweeney.

John has the most amazing career in dance accompaniment and silent movies, and we well and truly put the spotlight on him to find out about his life and career, from a person, who on the surface is rather understated.

John is also famed for his extremely varied and sophisticated improvising and that is the life blood of his work as an accompanist, and we ask him in-depth about his training and education in music that has shaped him and the way he accompanies dance.

We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know what you think, by emailing us at [email protected], and if there was anything you wanted to ask John, you can email your question and comment to us for a future episode.

The whole team are back this week with the addition of baby Hazel, to talk about preparing for, and playing for ballet assessments. It’s quite a niche topic within our industry, but it’s quite important and this episode is particularly insightful.

The whole team are back this week with the addition of baby Hazel, to talk about preparing for, and playing for ballet assessments. It’s quite a niche topic within our industry, but it’s quite important and this episode is particularly insightful.

How does David choose the steps? How does he structure the class? How does he best exhibit the dancers in their best light? How do the pianists decide what music they are going to play? How is the assessment finalised and rehearsed? What happens on assessment day?

The team talk openly and candidly about the process from initial thoughts, the collaboration stage of marrying music and choreography, the definitive assessment, to the finessing of the work leading to the assessment day.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and as always there are some laughs! Let us know your thoughts on this episode and any others you’ve listened to by emailing [email protected] or messaging us on our social media platforms.

We’ll see you on the next episode!

The whole team are back this week with the addition of baby Hazel, to talk about preparing for, and playing for ballet assessments. It’s quite a niche topic within our industry, but it’s quite important and this episode is particularly insightful.

How does David choose the steps? How does he structure the class? How does he best exhibit the dancers in their best light? How do the pianists decide what music they are going to play? How is the assessment finalised and rehearsed? What happens on assessment day?

The team talk openly and candidly about the process from initial thoughts, the collaboration stage of marrying music and choreography, the definitive assessment, to the finessing of the work leading to the assessment day.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and as always there are some laughs! Let us know your thoughts on this episode and any others you’ve listened to by emailing [email protected] or messaging us on our social media platforms.

We’ll see you on the next episode!

We have another fantastic episode for you this week, an ‘In Conversation’ with enigmatic, charismatic, and all round creative human, Rose Alice, the Artistic Director of International Arts Collective.

We have another fantastic episode for you this week, an ‘In Conversation’ with enigmatic, charismatic, and all round creative human, Rose Alice, the Artistic Director of International Arts Collective.

With an extreme physical ability and technique, she has captivated audiences all over the world from Europe, to China, and the USA.

We hope you enjoy this episode with the spotlight firmly on Rose, who always keeps it real, and who talks candidly about her serious highs and lows as an artist, and what fuels her every day. Listener discretion is advised, but nonetheless, you will love getting to know this very special “OG”!

Get in touch via our social media channels, or by emailing us at [email protected].

We have another fantastic episode for you this week, an ‘In Conversation’ with enigmatic, charismatic, and all round creative human, Rose Alice, the Artistic Director of International Arts Collective.

With an extreme physical ability and technique, she has captivated audiences all over the world from Europe, to China, and the USA.

We hope you enjoy this episode with the spotlight firmly on Rose, who always keeps it real, and who talks candidly about her serious highs and lows as an artist, and what fuels her every day. Listener discretion is advised, but nonetheless, you will love getting to know this very special “OG”!

Get in touch via our social media channels, or by emailing us at [email protected].

Have you ever been on a first date and experienced the sort of nerves you get when you meet someone for the first time? Well as a ballet pianist, and ballet teacher, working with someone you’ve never met before can feel just like that. And that’s what this episode is all about.