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CDs
and DVDs to enhance the classroom
Editor’s
Note: Some titles may not be available yet. Please contact the
respective companies for release dates.
Films
That Dance, choreographed and directed by Cynthia
Pepper (DVD)
Company:
Asgard Productions
Price:
$24
How
to purchase:
757-467-4420; 757-467-5047 (fax); mail-in order
form (found at
www.asgardprod.com/orderform.htm). Demos online
at www.asgardprod.com. For more information, email
sales@asgardprod.com.
Manufacturer’s
description: Films That Dance is a collection of
five dance films (total running time 30 minutes) that feature
young dancers ages 13–19. The films have won 11
international dance and film awards. Included are Parameta (exploring
grief), Sand Dance (exploring the beach), ZYNC (exploring
the rehearsal process), Making “The Gift,” and Dancers
Outside.
Kidz
Hip Hop Jam With Gregg Russell (DVD)
Item
number:
RBP-60DVD
Company:
Bob Rizzo’s Riz-Biz Productions
Price:
$44.95
How
to purchase:
www.bobrizzo.com ; 212-724-3449
Manufacturer’s
description:
Are you ready to get funky? Then join Gregg
Russell and his young, high-energy assistants in an hour-long
class, including a warm-up, across-the- floor movement, two
routines, and a freestyle circle. Each section has
easy-to-follow breakdowns of some of today’s hottest
moves.60 min. For ages 8–12. Music for the entire class,
routines, and much more is on the CD Happy Hip Hop (see
below).
Happy
Hip Hop (CD)
Item
number:
CD-122
Company:
Bob Rizzo’s Riz-Biz Productions
Price:
$29.95
How
to purchase:
www.bobrizzo.com ; 212-724-3449
Manufacturer’s
description:
Fun, fresh, and friendly dance music! Happy
Hip Hop is full of terrific, kid-friendly dance music for
class and routines. Boogie down to 20 tracks of fully
orchestrated high-energy music! This CD includes all of the
music tracks used on the Kidz Hip Hop Jam DVD with
Gregg Russell (see above).
Choreography
Club (DVD)
Company:
Cathy Roe Productions
Price:
$44.95
How
to purchase:
www.cathyroe.com ;
800-800-5437
Manufacturer’s
description:
Cathy Roe has produced eight volumes of Choreography
Club DVDs to bring teachers an abundance of ideas,
combinations, and choreography for class. Routines include
jazz, ballet, tap, musical theater, and lyrical by top
teachers including Cathy Roe, Angelo Moio, and Lyn Cramer.
Ballet
Vol. 4. Dances for Classroom and Stage (CD)
Company:
Danc’eM
Price:
$19.99
How
to purchase:
www.4dancem.com ;
888-432-6236
Manufacturer’s
description:
This CD offers eight ballet dances for use in
the classroom and onstage, including “Bridesmaids,” “I
Dreamed I Could Fly,” “My Tiara,” “Flowers in the
Garden,” “Ballet Dreams,” “My Ballet Dance,”
“Mirror, Mirror in My Hand,” and “Grand Jeté.”
The
World Is My Drum Vol. 2 (DVD/CD combo)
Company:
Double Bass Productions
Price:
$45
How
to purchase:
www.doublebassproductions.com ;
818-989-3259
Manufacturer’s
description:
Mike Wittmers and Double Bass Productions have
created a unique and entertaining instructional tap
experience. The World Is My Drum Vol. 2 is geared
toward beginning and intermediate levels. This two-disc DVD/CD
combo features two hours of footwork, technique, music theory,
two routines, an interactive spin on call and response, plus
outtakes and a music CD.
The
Intelligent Body Feldenkrais Program, Volumes I & II (CD
Set)
Item
number:
ISBN 1889618616
Company:
Feldenkrais Movement Institute
Price:
$189
How
to purchase:
www.feldenkraisinstitute.org ; 800-342-3424
Manufacturer’s
description:
This CD set contains 24 Awareness Through
Movement® lessons, each 45 minutes long, that will
significantly improve the overall organization of your
movements, reduce effort in all your actions, lower your risk
of injury, and restore the joy and pleasure of free, easy
movement many haven’t experienced since childhood. Overcome
lifelong inefficient movement habits and learn to make far
better use of yourself—at any age!
Floor-Barre®
Series V: Sculpting the Body (DVD)
Company:
Floor-Barre®
Price:
$24.99
How
to purchase:
www.Floor-Barre.org ; 877-FL-BARRE
Manufacturer’s
description:
Floor-Barre® Series V: Sculpting the
Body
features Zena Rommett, master ballet teacher
and originator of Floor-Barre®, and dancers from Disney’s Lion
King and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This DVD
helps correct alignment, strengthen and lengthen muscles, and
increase vitality and flexibility. Doctor recommended for
injury prevention and recuperation. Intermediate level.
Running time: 71 min.
The
Art of Pointework 5—Pirouettes (DVD)
Item
number:
#FJAP5
Company:
Finis Jhung/Ballet Dynamics Inc.
Price:
$50 plus S&H
How
to purchase:
www.fjballet.com ; 800-357-3525; 212-721-6748
(fax); Ballet
Dynamics
Inc., 119 West 72nd St., PMB 353, New York, NY 10023
Manufacturer’s
description:
Region 1 DVD. 92 minutes. 13 exercises, 3 bonus
extras taught by Finis Jhung and demonstrated by Saige Miller.
Music by Scott Killian. Finis shows each exercise, Saige
demonstrates on both sides; Finis comments and analyzes, Saige
repeats. This video is all about the preparations that create
the results. Learn to use your feet and plié properly for
perfectly balanced turns on pointe. The exercises cover simple
pirouettes en dehors and en dedans as well as grand pirouettes
and fouetté turns.
Scott
Killian: New Ballet Music 11—“Illuminations” (CD)
Item
number:
#FJNBM11
Company:
Finis Jhung/Ballet Dynamics Inc.
Price:
$30 plus S&H
How
to purchase:
www.fjballet.com ; 800-357-3525; 212-721-6748
(fax); Ballet
Dynamics
Inc., 119 West 72nd St., PMB 353, New York, NY 10023
Manufacturer’s
description:
24 digitally orchestrated compositions for
barre and center exercises (13 barre, 11 center exercises).
Extra-long tracks; no repeats. Today’s ballet students want
to hear more than solo piano music, and this one will really
perk up their ears and inspire them to dance their hearts out.
The exquisitely beautiful adagios will bring out the romantic
in everyone, and the rhythmically rich and varied allegros
will create a new level of energy and achievement. Here is
ballet music that truly makes you glow!
Barry
YoungBlood’s “This Is My Floor . . . You’re Just Dancin’
On It” (CD)
Item
Number:
CD1031
Company:
Hoctor Records
Price:
$20
How
to purchase:
www.hoctordance.com ; 800-Hoctor9
Manufacturer’s
description:
Barry YoungBlood is one of the most sought-out
choreographers in his field. All of his hip-hop music is cut
and edited so that it is suitable for the dance classroom.
Luigi’s
“Master Class” (DVD/VHS)
Item
Number:
DVD1205
Company:
Hoctor Records
Price:
$50
How
to purchase:
www.hoctordance.com ; 800-Hoctor9
Manufacturer’s
description:
Luigi has been labeled “The Innovator” of
the world’s first jazz technique. This master-class series
remains a top seller.
Tinkerbell
Dance Studio (DVD Series)
Item
number:
Learn Ballet:
#5799-6;
Learn Hip-Hop: #5800-6; Learn
Jazz:
#5801-6
Company:
Inspired Studios (DVDs are under the Peter Pan label.)
Price:
$14.98 per DVD
How
to purchase:
www.peterpan.com ; 800-738-3747
Manufacturer’s
description:
The Tinkerbell Dance Studio DVD series
is an excellent tool for dance students to use as homework and
extra help. The series is composed of three DVDs for children
ages 4 and up: Learn Ballet, Learn Hip- Hop, and Learn
Jazz. In each DVD the basic dance steps and techniques
that are taught in class are reinforced and broken down step
by step. Each DVD contains a free CD and step-by-step poster.
A
Dancer’s Class by David Howard: Intermediate Ballet Class (DVD)
Item
number:
2574D
Company:
Jay Distributors
Price:
$30
How
to purchase:
www.danceclassmusic.com ; 800-793-8643; Jay
Distributors,
P.O.
Box 191332, Dallas, TX 75219
Manufacturer’s
description:
In this one-hour DVD, three advanced dancers
demonstrate a complete barre and center as David Howard gives
corrections and advice. The girls demonstrate pointe work and
the boy shows large jumps and beats. There are chapter markers
and subtitles at the beginning of each exercise, and all the
music can be found on the CD.
A
Dancer’s Class by David Howard: Music for Ballet Class (CD)
Item
number:
2574C
Company:
Jay Distributors
Price:
$30
How
to purchase:
www.danceclassmusic.com ; 800-793-8643; Jay
Distributors,
P.O.
Box 191332, Dallas, TX 75219
Manufacturer’s
description:
David Howard presents a new CD of original and
familiar solo piano melodies played by Dmitry Polischuk. The
music is arranged into barre and center exercises with the
music for the barre exercises repeated in the same track. The
14 melodies for the center exercises include five allegros,
two pirouettes, as well as music for pointe work and men’s
steps.
How
to Create Award-Winning Competition Choreography (DVD
or VHS)
Item
number:
TSC
Company:
M.A.D. Degrees Productions
Price:
$39.99
How
to purchase:
www.dance90210.com ; 800-326-4997
Manufacturer’s
description:
Terry Schulke, award-winning choreographer,
dance teacher, and studio owner, presents eight steps that
will aid you in creating dances that win! To excel in
competition, the right music selection, dance style, technique
level, and compositional elements are critical. Terry clearly
presents methods to break down music, build excitement, and
show your dancers to their best advantage. Get the winning
edge!
From
5th to 5th (CD)
Item
number: BL 8607
Company:
Music for Dancers
Price:
$29.95
How
to purchase:
www.musicfordancers.com ; 212-246-5758;
order@musicfordancers.com
Manufacturer’s
description:
The best-selling CD by Wilhelm Burmann and Miro
Magloire! Pairing one of the most sought-after teachers in the
ballet world with a thrilling pianist, this album will keep
you moving with more than 72 minutes of refreshingly engaging
music. Thirty-one selections from opera, ballet, and
Magloire’s original compositions—simply a must!
Nutcracker:
The Music Game (DVD)
Company:
Music Games International
Price:
$24.95
How
to purchase:
www.thedanceteacherstore.com
Manufacturer’s description:
Nutcracker:
The Music Game
is a perfect marriage of music and technology,
providing hours of fun and fostering a genuine love for
classical music. Nutcracker is the winner of more than
15 awards, including Parents’ Choice Gold, Parenting
Magazine Software of the Year, and Scholastic’s Teacher
Raves award. Each game comes with two audio CDs: Nutcracker
and Swan Lake.)
From
Birth to the Earth: Afro-Percussion Music for Dance and
Movement (CD)
Company:
Palms Down, Inc.
Price:
$15
How
to purchase:
www.palmsdown.com ; download from iTunes
Manufacturer’s
description:
In the beginning, From Birth to the Earth was
used by instructors at The Ailey School, Broadway Dance
Center, Steps, New York Sports Club, and New York University.
Now From Birth to the Earth can be heard worldwide. The
Palms Down Percussion Ensemble takes you on a world tour of
rhythms while remaining true to the dance class experience.
The tempos range from slow and exotic to fast and
exhilarating, making it ideal for both warm-up and
combinations.
Take
Ballet Class in Russia (DVD)
Company:
Roudnev Ballet Class Music and Video
Price:
$29.95
How
to purchase:
www.BalletRussian.org ; 773-404-0417
Manufacturer’s
description:
Dmitri Roudnev offers you a ballet class with
Madame Samoylova of the Lediah Ballet Academy of Russia, a
certified extension of the Bolshoi School. Step into the
studio to see the complete barre and center work of three
14-year-old students in a Level 5 Vaganova method ballet
class. This video features the music of Roudnev’s Vol. VIII
CD (see below).
Recorded
in Russia (CD)
Company:
Roudnev Ballet Class Music and Video
Price:
$26
How
to purchase:
www.BalletRussian.org ; 773-404-0417
Manufacturer’s
description:
Dmitri Roudnev recorded this new ballet class
CD in Russia with former Bolshoi Academy pianist Irina
Szypikina. Roudnev loved the logical combinations and the
musicality of Bolshoi classes when he was a student in Russia
and he brings these feelings to his all of his recordings and
videos. This recording features strong accents and appropriate
training tempos, a signature of Roudnev’s musical direction.
All selections are original classical music composed by
Szypikina.
30
Preschool Song and Dance Vol. I (CD)
Item
Number:
SCD 4005
Company:
Statler Music
Price:
$18
How
to purchase:
www.statlermusic.com ; 800-522-8897 x141;
631-582-9541
(fax); info@statlermusic.com ; 1795 Express Drive North, P.O.
Box 2505,
Smithtown,
NY 11787
Manufacturer’s
description:
A fun-filled CD of 30 songs and dances for the
wee ones in your school. Don’t get in a rut singing the same
songs over and over. Add spice to your life and to your
classes with songs that are geared for the preschool crowd.
Return
Engagement: Piano Accompaniment for Ballet Barre
and
Center (CD)
Item
number:
SR-9607
Company:
Sugal Records
Price:
$26
How
to purchase:
www.balletmusic.com
; 212-265-8501; 212-889-3461
(fax);
sugal@aol.com
Manufacturer’s
description:
With its sumptuous selections for barre and
center, Return Engagement is a musical gift from one of
ballet’s most acclaimed accompanists. Josu Gallastegui, says
Mikhail Baryshnikov, is “a superb musician with a remarkable
sensitivity for ballet.” This inspiring CD includes music
from Bizet, Rossini, Verdi, and others. Repeated tracks for
barre. Three adagios. No ASCAP/ BMI royalties for classroom
use.
Princess
at the Ballet (CD)
Company:
Tenacious/Lisa Harris
Price:
$25
How
to purchase:
www.lisaharrisdance.com ; 360-376-5145;
800-649-0076
Manufacturer’s
description:
New music for ballet class by Lisa Harris.
Songs include show tunes and classical and ballet music for an
inspiring ballet class. Music is beautifully recorded, and
exercises are suggested as well as the time signatures.
Firmare:
Music for Intermediate Ballet (CD)
Item
number:
WFP802
Company:
Whitefeather Productions, LLC
Price:
$28.95
How
to purchase:
www.WhitefeatherProductions.com ; 888-706-5577;
info@WhitefeatherProductions.com
Manufacturer’s
description:
Firmare
offers
a fantastic collection of classical music carefully picked for
the intermediate level. All tracks offer a four-count
introduction, nonrepetitive bands, and comfortable tempos.
Plenty of choices for center and allegro, including selections
with a strong athletic emphasis for male students. Popular and
refreshingly unfamiliar songs exquisitely performed by pianist
Tatyana Featherman will help teachers accomplish their needs
in the classroom and inspire striving dancers to express
themselves better through ballet training.
Wiggles
N’ Tunes Trio of Song Collections (CD)
Company:
Wiggles N’ Tunes
Price:
$16.95 each
How
to purchase:
www.wigglesntunes.com ;
www.amazon.com ; iTunes;
800-444-0507
Manufacturer’s description:
Wiggles
N’ Tunes offers a collection of three music CDs (Wigglin’
Collection, Singin’ Collection, and Playin’ Collection),
each with a free illustrated 20-page interactive lyric and
activity songbook that can be personalized with the name of
the child or dance studio. These recordings celebrate
multicultural folksongs and finger plays that will captivate
every child’s attention with hands-on feet tapping,
sing-along and play-along fun.
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