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Description of elements of a typical combination:
Description of elements of a typical combination:
The warm-up is a combination that is sometimes used at the beginning of class before the plié combination.
It allows dancers—especially on cold days—to gradually warm-up their feet and bodies.
Typical dance steps of the warm-up include
Tendu
Relevé
Port de bras/Cambré/Stretching
Meter
Meter
duple (2/4 or 4/4)
Tempo
Tempo
moderate - 96 bpm
Accentuations
Accentuations
Tenuto articulations for tendus and relevés
More legato for port de bras/cambré/stretching
Example of Teacher Demonstrating a Warm-Up Combination:
Example of Teacher Demonstrating a Warm-Up Combination:
Selection of Appropriate Music:
Selection of Appropriate Music:
Preference for pieces that include a dotted-eighth, sixteenth-note figure
Music Selected: Cécile Chaminade, Marche Russe, Op. 123, No. 12
Music Selected: Cécile Chaminade, Marche Russe, Op. 123, No. 12
PDF of Original
PDF of Original
01_Original Score_Chaminade_Marche Russe.pdfPDF of Arranged Score
PDF of Arranged Score
Barre01_WarmUp_Marche Russe_Chaminade10.22.22.pdfChanges made in arranged score:
Added in “four count” introduction
Changed some notes of left hand to be more standard ballet music style
Used only mm. 1-16 in the score
Changed cadence to D minor in measure 16 of original score
Videos of Dancers performing combination with selected music:
Videos of Dancers performing combination with selected music:
Reactions while playing the combination:
I changed to more of an arpeggio accompaniment while they were doing their port de bras (stretching).
They needed extra music at the end of the combination so I improvised until they were finished.
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