Urgent Music Help Needed!

[{Polina Fan}]

I need music and/or routine ideas.

 

I am performing at 8th grade promotion, as the school had requested I do.

 

I have about 21 days to memorize and work on a routine, and I am a quick learner.

 

I mainly need music ideas, as I am sure I can come up with some coreography.

 

PS - I LOVE allegro and fast tempo stuff, but nothing TOO fast

 

Thanks!

 

-PF

[Mel Johnson]

It's best to work from the known to the unknown.

 

Do you know any classical variations right now? They would be a ready supply of program material.

[{Polina Fan}]

I love the ballet Don Quixote and Cinderella.

 

I was thinking of performing to Simple Gifts or this music:

[Mel Johnson]

Sounds like you have an idea already on the pad. Still, that's not what I asked.

[{Polina Fan}]

I have this variation memorized and I've been practicing it for what, 3 months now? But I don't have a recording of the music

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=du-0q3nJ5Cg&feature=related

 

I REALLY wanted to perform that. Anyone know where I could download the music for it from? iTunes does not have it.

[Mel Johnson]

I don't know if you can download it anywhere, but that's the variation which was associated with the "Diana and Acteon" pas de deux by Agrippina Vaganova. The music is often attributed to Riccardo Drigo, although it may just be his arrangement of an earlier piece of music by Cesare Pugni. It was available for a long time as part of a 10-disc set recorded by Richard Bonynge.

[pointe200]

Hi, I think I've found the music for the variation you want to dance, you have to order it and wait for it to be shipped......... here's the link:

 

http://www.classicalballetmusic.com/les_pa...ssique_vol2.htm

 

Scroll down the page and in the Esmeralda Pas De Deux section click on variation number 20, it gives a sample of the music, the timing might be slightly differant to the youtube version, I'm not sure. I hope this helps :-)

[{Polina Fan}]

Yeah, I saw that today at school. Only problem is, I need the music in 10-15 days.

[Mel Johnson]

You've been working on this variation for 3 months, and you still don't have a recording of it???

 

Sorry, sympathy in this case is extremely limited. Try getting the Bonynge CDs via your library, on interlibrary loan, if possible.

[{Polina Fan}]

Oh, I am not looking for sympathy at all o__O

 

I am probably going to buy the CD off the website previously posted.

 

No, I don't have a recording of it. I've been dancing to the music off this video:

 

[Mel Johnson]

Can you or an audio-savvy friend rip the audio track from that recording?

[{Polina Fan}]

Yup! My dad just did for me It's not 100% clean, but I think it'll work!

 

I'm also going to take private lessons at my ballet studio and the head choreographer has offered to put a variation together for me, so that will probably be what I'm going to do.

 

Thanks much everyone!