Ballet Piano Podcast

We like to think of this as one of the jewels in the crown of Ballet Piano Podcast. It’s an In Conversation with legendary conductor and music director, Richard Honner.

With over fifty years of work in the theatre, we delve into Richard’s life and career from humble beginnings as an administrator at the Royal Opera House, to his work with Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, through to the inception of the ‘Piano for Dance’ course at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

You won’t fail to be taken over by Richard’s soothing tone, and warm charm and wit, and this wonderful episode is so insightful and funny, and you really get to learn in depth about a person who has lived and breathed ballet music, and shaped dance accompaniment.

We like to think of this as one of the jewels in the crown of Ballet Piano Podcast. It’s an In Conversation with legendary conductor and music director, Richard Honner.

With over fifty years of work in the theatre, we delve into Richard’s life and career from humble beginnings as an administrator at the Royal Opera House, to his work with Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, through to the inception of the ‘Piano for Dance’ course at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

You won’t fail to be taken over by Richard’s soothing tone, and warm charm and wit, and this wonderful episode is so insightful and funny, and you really get to learn in depth about a person who has lived and breathed ballet music, and shaped dance accompaniment.

We are bringing you a brand new episode today which focuses on the use of show tunes in the ballet class, and ask the question;how many show tunes is a show tune too many?

We are bringing you a brand new episode today which focuses on the use of show tunes in the ballet class, and ask the question; how many show tunes is a show tune too many?

We talk about how musical theatre tunes can help dancers phrase movement and choreography, with the use of recognisable melodies that they know, and how the association of show tunes with the musicals they are from, can help a dancer evoke emotion, character, and style into their technique and artistry.

We reveal the show tunes we love to play and hear, and as always, this episode is littered with good humour and funny anecdotes.

We hope you enjoy it, and thank you for continuing to download, like, and share our episodes.

We are bringing you a brand new episode today which focuses on the use of show tunes in the ballet class, and ask the question; how many show tunes is a show tune too many?

We talk about how musical theatre tunes can help dancers phrase movement and choreography, with the use of recognisable melodies that they know, and how the association of show tunes with the musicals they are from, can help a dancer evoke emotion, character, and style into their technique and artistry.

We reveal the show tunes we love to play and hear, and as always, this episode is littered with good humour and funny anecdotes.

We hope you enjoy it, and thank you for continuing to download, like, and share our episodes.

We’re so excited to bring you this new episode after what feels like forever since we recorded or shared with you, but we’re back with a mini series of ‘coffee break conversations’ about ballet studio etiquette.

We’re so excited to bring you this new episode after what feels like forever since we recorded or shared with you, but we’re back with a mini series of ‘coffee break conversations’ about ballet studio etiquette.

Enjoy this episode where we dissect the past year, and round it up, and share with you our plans for 2022, both professionally and personally.

We’re so excited to bring you this new episode after what feels like forever since we recorded or shared with you, but we’re back with a mini series of ‘coffee break conversations’ about ballet studio etiquette.

Enjoy this episode where we dissect the past year, and round it up, and share with you our plans for 2022, both professionally and personally.

Occasionally we will be dropping 'in conversation' interviews with some leading people in the world of ballet. We'll be talking to them about their lives, careers and as always - there'll be funny stories along the way.

Occasionally we will be dropping 'in conversation' interviews with some leading people in the world of ballet. We'll be talking to them about their lives, careers and as always - there'll be funny stories along the way.

This episode is with podcast team member, David Yow, former principal of Birmingham Royal Ballet.