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51 Original Piano Pieces For Ballet Class
51 original piano compositions for barre and center practice with over 60 minutes of music. Each piece was improvised and recorded live on a Steinway grand piano at the Betty Oliphant theatre in Toronto. This CD is in a ballet class format and is suitable for beginner, elementary, intermediate, and advanced/professional.

Marina Surgan has been Principal Pianist for Canada's National Ballet School since 1986. Born in the former Soviet Union where she was classically trained, Marina immigrated to Toronto in 1975 and joined NBS in 1978. Highlights of her creative career include composing music for the Cecchetti Grade Examinations, recording music for the Prix de Lausanne, and playing master classes. Marina also conducts accompaniment workshops and musician mentoring, and tours internationally with NBS.

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BARRE
Warm-up 1
Warm-up 2
Plié 1
Plié 2
Tendu 1
Tendu 2
Tendu 3
Jeté 1 (tarantella)
Jeté 2 (polka)
Rond de jambe + Port de bras 1
Rond de jambe + Port de bras 2
Fondu 1 (valse)
Fondu 2 (tango)
Frappé 1
Frappé 2
Petit Battement (coda) + slow ending
Adage 1
Adage 27
Stretch 1 (adage 3)
Stretch 2 (adage 4)
Rond de jambe en L'air 1
Rond de jambe en L'air 2
Grand Battement 1 (waltz)
Grand Battement 2 (march)
CENTRE
Adage 5
Temps Lié (adage 6)
Adage 7
Tendu 4
Tendu 5 (ragtime)
Fondu 3
Grand Battement 3 (march)
Grand Battement 4 (waltz)
Pirouettes 1
Pirouettes 2
Pirouettes 3
Petit Allegro 1
Petit Allegro 2
Petit Allegro 3
Petit Allegro 4
Medium Allegro 1
Medium Allegro 2
Medium Allegro 3
Grand Allegro 1
Grand Allegro 2
Grand Allegro 3
Coda 2
Coda 3
Tour en L'air (men's solo)
Port de bras
Révérance 1
Révérance 2

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4:35
1:29
2:02
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0:44
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0:47
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0:59
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1:27
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0:33
1:25

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1:27
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4 counts intro for all exercices, except for Reverance (2 counts intro)

Check out Marina Surgan's other CD!!!

Marina Surgan - 20 Greatest Classical Variations