[Menvi-discuss] piano accompaniment for ballet from RAD in braille--help

[Dani L Pagador]

Hi, Winy.
I looked at my MENVI mail stash and found these two messages.

Sarah G. writes:
"I am a sighted musician who has accompanied ballet classes for  
children's and college level classes.  I started at a studio that had  
blind accompanist before me so it's quite possible for you to do and  
it's fun to play for dancers.  You might check out the Royal Academy  
of Ballet syllabus.  I doubt any of the music is in braille but it is  
all recorded.  Each exercise has a set piece of music that will give  
you an understanding of the kind of music required for each movement.

A quick dance musician tip:  When musicians are asked to play  
"square", we play without rubato.  Ballet music is based on 8 bar  
phrases and exercises are generally multiples of 16 bars long (16,  
32, or 64 bars long) depending on the exercise.  Ballet dancers call  
this "square".  "Square" in dance means multiples of 16 bars, not  
playing at a steady, even pace, and dance teachers do not always know  
this.  Dance teachers usually know what meter and tempo they need for  
a particular exercise, some may even sing or hum a rhythmic or  
melodic fragment, but they may or may not know about the phrase  
structure.  It took me several weeks to figure this out and  
understand why the music I played didn't fit the timing of the exercise."

Ayaka I. writes:
"  You are going to have so much fun.  Depending on what sort of ballet
music
you will be accompanying, it's extremely important to have a very good
rhythmic sense.  Dancers really rely on the beat.  So, it's completely
different from accompanying solo instrumentalists or opera.  Sometimes, I
was given the tapes that the dancers have been rehearsing with.  It was
important for me to not to move or change the tempo, or play differently
from the tape since the dancers were already used to the recording's tempo,
and practiced their choreography according to the tempo of the particular
recording."

HTH,
Dani
-----Original Message-----
From: Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of
Winy Kwany
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 5:05 PM
To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] piano accompaniment for ballet from RAD in
braille--help

Hi all,
I plan to be pianist to accompany ballet exams from grade 6 to 8 in a ballet
school here. They use "Higher Grade Syllabus Music" from The Royal Academy
of Dance. The author is Carolyn Parker. I tried to search in RNIB website
but it seems to me that they are not brailled yet. Does anyone know where I
can get them in braille?
Are there anything that I should pay attention to accompany ballet?
does visual queue take significant role? Input, suggestions, ideas will be
highly appreciated. Many thanks.
Winy.

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