Tag Archives: Oscar Peterson

National Ballet School, Feldman Method, Silly Season

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Episode 200: [62:32]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand, Allison Elizabeth and Bettina Forget review The Ballet Class: A history of Canada’s national ballet school 1959 – 2009 by Norma Sue Fisher-Stitt, discuss methods and tools useful for reviewing dance [pdf alert] and contemplate the silly season.

The theme song is Chris Toynton‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Isadora Duncan Dancing by Louis Untermeyer, and the music played during the show is from disc three of Oscar Peterson‘s Dimensions.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

Francine Bernier

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Episode 198: [57:23]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget interview Francine Bernier, Director General and Artistic Director of the Agora de la danse.

The theme song is the We Five‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the poem, is Weave the Dance (from Prometheus Unbound) by Percy Blythe Shelley, and the music played during the show is from disc one of Oscar Peterson‘s Dimensions.

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Originally published on Movement Museum