I don’t know if this has been done before, but I thought it would be useful if we had a list of classical songs people could dance to. If you have any more feel free to add them.

Tchaikovsky:
• Reed Dance – Swan Lake
• Dance of Swans- Swan Lake
• Valse – Swan Lake
• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – The Nutcracker
• Waltz of the flowers – The Nutcracker
• Waltz – The Sleeping Beauty

Grieg
• Anita’s dance – Peer Gynt
• In the Hall of the Mountain King – Peer Gynt

Luadov
• Dolls Complaint
• Music Box

Johann Strauss Jr
• Blue Danube

Mendelssohn
• Scherzo – A Midsummer Nights Dream

Delibes
• Prayer – Coppelia

Vivaldi
• ‘Spring’ Concerto – The Seasons
• 'Summer' Concerto - The Seasons
• ‘Autumn’ Concerto - The Seasons
• ‘Winter’ Concerto - The Seasons

Very helpful! I printed it out- or am going to, in a minute

That's a great and very helpful list! I have one to add: the Wedding Variation from Coppelia by Delibes. It has to be one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life! It was also my favorite solo I ever had. hehe

*~*AnnaPavlova*~*

Cool list! What about the bluebird pas from sleeping beauty? And the peasant gallop from giselle? They're all great suggestions tho!

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Oh thanks for the suggestions devilzsoup and AnnaPavlova. I haven't heard them yet so I'll be finding a copy of them soon.

hey good post!
i have actually used three of these already for my solos in past years!
*urbanangel*
xx

if only i had had this list a few weeks ago!!!

i was choosing an audition piece that lasted around 1.30 minutes. I couldn't find hardly anything that was short enough! I ended editing a version of Prokovievs (sp) Cinderella Waltz because i love that music

I used "Swan" by YoYo Ma. From the cd "Carnival of the Animals". It's very soft and really really pretty. I had 4 senior pointe girls in this number, they wore very soft white costumes. We got a lot of compliments on the music/dance.

Great list! but how'd this post get marked as sticky?

That is awsome, thanks

I usually dance to Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, because, and I am also trying to perfect doing a lot of fouettes at once.

I would only recommend that song to people who have been dancing for a while. It's 6 Minutes long and it's kinda quick in many parts of the song.

hey, thank you. Just had to print it out:)

I'm not sure of the name of the composer, but "Flight of the Bumblebee" is great if you have good jumps or fast pirouettes.

I'm doing a mixed ballet/pointe routine for six girls to Les Cygne by Sansonne....

but one of my favorites is Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso (sp) also by Camille Sansonne.... I cried the first time i heard it... It is a gorgeous string concerto....

If I may be so bold as to add my own suggestions:

Chopin's Nocturnes (any, they're all good)
Debussy's La Fille aux Cheveax de Lin (Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

adridancer

*the only sin is mediocrity*~MG

Thank you to everyone who has replied with their own suggestions. I'm sure people will find them helpful. I haven't heard of some of these songs, so I will be looking out for them. I've been looking around for some more, I have a few, but when I've got somemore I'll post them.

RE rhythm5678: Flight of the Bumblebee is by Rimsky-Korsakov.
RE rsrc_ballerina: If you press the Mod button, you can request something to be made sticky.

sould good to me! lol

just a small correction on the original post:

Grieg's piece is called "Anitra's Dance," not "Anita." I barely caught it but I vaguely remember playing this on piano when I was younger.

That's odd LEscrimeurFemme as all the information, and on the back of CD covers said Anita's...odd. Thanks anyway

My first solo was in Les Sylphides... the slow one. Chopin, Opus 28, no. 7. Maybe it just has sentimental value (doesn't a first solo always bring back memories?) but its my favorite classical solo music. Its very slow and calm and unrushed. Like stepping into another world. I love it!!!

This is awesome. I saw a girl at competition do a number to "bumblebee" (cant remember who composed the song) but it was awesome!!! I wouldnt have thought of it... she played it as if she had a bumblebee chasing her while she executed excellent techinque and precision!!!

my favorites are Tchaikovsky Concerto in B(B flat???) minor
and Vaughn Williams Lark Ascending

Cool list. Also Minkus Paquita has lots of solo variations that are good. Don Quijote has two fast energetic solos in the first act three classical ones in the second act and two or three really good pieces in the third act. The music is also Leon Minkus. For an original piece, Weber, Clarinet concerto is beautiful and its easy to dance to. I have more and tons of music. if anybody needs anything leave me a response and I can probably send you a copy of the music online.

The Fairy Variations from Sleeping Beauty are also very good for solos, particularly if you're looking for an audition piece, cos most of them are about the right length, and I used one as my audition piece this year.

~Cat~

Where do you find that music?