Original Music for the
MODERN DANCE CLASS - Volume 1
by pianist/composer Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts' new CD release is 76:51 minutes long with 22 tracks.
The music is inspired from the following Modern Dance Techniques: Bella Lewitsky, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Joe Goode, Jose Limon.
Mostly Piano with some percussion. Violin solos improvised by James Mark.
Michael Roberts was born in Sussex, England. He began playing the piano at age
four. From 1967 to 1975 Michael was production stage manager for Harold Prince
in London's West End. He has been accompanying and composing for dance for over
three decades. Michael has played for such notables as Finis Jhung, Stanley
Holden, David Howard, Juliet Prowse, Mark Morris, Alvin Alley, American Ballet
Theater, The Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Mikhail
Baryshnikov. He has produced four ballet Class CD's and one Modern Dance CD.
Currently he is music and technical coordinator for the Trudl Zipper Dance
Institute at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles
California.
In 2004 Michael was awarded a special Lester Horton award.
Selections Include:
|
|
Exercise |
Instruments |
Meter |
Bar number |
Time |
|
1. |
Lyric Piano |
2 bar intro 6/8 moderate |
120 bars |
4:54 |
|
|
2. |
Piano |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
58 bars |
3:45 |
|
|
3. |
Warm up #3 |
Piano, Percussion |
2 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
148 bars |
3:41 |
|
4. |
Warm up #4 |
Piano, Percussion |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
80 bars |
4:25 |
|
5. |
Piano |
2 bar intro 6/8 modernate |
126 bars |
2:59 |
|
|
6. |
Floor Exercise #2 |
Piano |
1 bar intro 3/4 slow |
150 bars |
3:49 |
|
7. |
Piano, Percussion, |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
96 bars |
3:17 |
|
|
8. |
Floor Exercise #4 |
Lyric Piano |
2 bar intro 6/8 moderate |
80 bars |
3::39 |
|
9. |
Piano, Percussion |
4 bar intro 4/4 fast |
96 bars |
2:53 |
|
|
10. |
Combination #2 |
Lyric Piano |
4 bar intro 3/4 slow |
132 bars |
3:47 |
|
11. |
Combination #3 |
Piano |
4 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
146 bars |
4:54 |
|
12. |
Percussion |
2 bar intro 7/4 moderate |
26 Bars |
1:37 |
|
|
13. |
Piano, Percussion, |
4 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
72 bars |
2:27 |
|
|
14. |
Piano, Percussion, |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
76 bars |
4:13 |
|
|
15. |
Combination #7 |
Piano, Percussion, |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
60 bars |
3:09 |
|
16. |
Piano |
2 bar intro 6/8 fast |
86 Bars |
2:53 |
|
|
17. |
Across Floor #2 |
Piano |
4 bar intro 4/4 fast |
96 bars |
2:36 |
|
18. |
Across Floor #3 |
Piano, Percussion |
4 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
80 bars |
2:39 |
|
19. |
Percussion |
1 bar intro 9/4 fast |
31 bars |
1:33 |
|
|
20. |
Across Floor #5 |
Piano |
1 bar intro 3/4 fast |
200 bars |
3:22 |
|
21. |
Across Floor #6 |
Piano, Percussion, Violin |
2 bar intro 6/8 fast |
112 bars |
4:18 |
|
22. |
Piano, Violin |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
56 Bars |
4:32 |
�The right combination of dynamic accompaniment for teaching modern dance class is found in Michael�s CD. I appreciate that the tracks are long enough to allow the necessary warm-up and repetition of exercises at the beginning of class, and inspirational for substantive combinations across the floor. Training dancers in musicality is one of my teaching objectives, and much easier when the music is fun and makes them listen!� ... Bonnie Oda Homsey (Former principal dancer Martha Graham Dance Company/Master teacher/Choreographer)
"Composer and accompanist Michael Roberts takes what we do, and skillfully translates it into what we hear. He understands dance from the inside out. A class with Michael's music is like champagne without bubbles." ...Douglas Nielsen (Master teacher/Choreographer)
Excerpts of Original Music
for the MODERN DANCE CLASS - Volume One are in MP3 format.
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Play or Download an excerpt of Track
1 - Warm up #1
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2 - Warm up #2
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5 - Floor Exercise #1
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7 - Floor Exercise #3 Play or Download an excerpt of Track
9 - Combination
#1 Play or Download an excerpt of Track
12 - Combination
#4
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13 - Combination #5 Play or Download an excerpt of Track
14 -Combination #6 Play or Download an excerpt of Track
16 - Across Floor #1 Play or Download an excerpt of Track
19 - Across Floor #4 Play or Download an excerpt of Track
22 -Cool down
Original Music for the Modern Dance Class - Vol 1 is $23.00 for the CD.
See Michael's other CDs:
Dancing Fingers - Vol 8
Music for Ballet Class - Vol 4
Original Music for the Ballet Class - Vol 7
Original Music for the Modern Dance Class - Vol 1
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