Music and ballet are intertwined - in the classroom and on stage. In the history of ballet it has worked both ways - musicians have composed with the idea for a ballet in mind, and ballets have been created from the inspiration of music.

As students, we had piano accompaniment of the classics with each combination, and to this day I am uplifted hearing the music of Bach, Beethoven, Bizet, Chopin, Debussy, Dvorák, Grieg, Händel, Lehar, Franz Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Smetana, Johann Strauss, Jr., Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi, amongst others.

KEY TO TEXT

Abbreviations
ct - count
cts - counts
fwd - forward
bk - back
R - right
L - left
F - foot
rpt - repeat

Numbers of corners and walls
The corners of the room
stage right front is 1
stage left front is 2
stage left back is 3
stage right back is 4
The walls of the room
center front wall facing the audience is 5
stage left wall is 6
back of stage wall is 7
right stage wall is 8

To develop both sides of the body, exercises are done on right and left sides equally.

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