Emanuele Lucchisani - Christmas Ballet Class
~ Written by Danielle Lee-Hogervorst, Outreach Coordinator at Ballegro Player, Alumni of Arts Umbrella’s Graduate Program
With a creepy witch cackle, many black cat hisses, haunted house visits, and bellies filled with candy, we say R.I.P. to Halloween 2019.
No need to fret though! Winter festivities are about to begin!
December is just around the corner, and in homes, stores, workplaces, and, of course, dance studios around the world, it will begin to look a lot like Christmas!
Re-downloading your favorite Christmas ballet tunes can make you lose the holiday spirit, so we have a better idea!
With the magical accompanist Emanuele Lucchisani behind the piano, Ballegro has created the perfect playlist to get you in a festive mood! With Tendu exercises to Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Grands Battements to Winter Wonderland, and Allegro to Let it Snow, you will be jolly and enjoying the Christmas cheer in no time.
November is often the time of year where the reality of hard work and discipline begins to overpower our love of dance. School workloads become more intense and deadlines are closer than they appear, making the holiday spirit seem that much farther away. Bringing a jolly attitude into our focused classes can help lift the over-analytical clouds and reconnect us to why we dance in the first place - the JOY it brings us. And singing along to songs we know forces us to BREATHE and find the cadences within our movement phrases!
Our November 2019 Album Release
Emanuele’s Christmas Ballet Class
- Warm Up – I’ll Be Home for Christmas
- Warm Up – Blue Christmas
- Plie – Silent Night
- Tendu I – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas
- Tendu II – Baby It’s Cold Outside
- Tendu III – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
- Jete – Holly Jolly Christmas
- Jete (w/ Coda) – Holly Jolly Christmas
- Rond de Jambe – White Christmas
- Fondu – The Christmas Song
- Frappe – Jingle Bells Rock
- Frappe (w/ Coda) – Jingle Bells Rock
- Adage – Have Yourself a Merry Christmas
- Grand Battement – Winter Wonderland
- Centre Tendu – Santa Baby
- Centre Adage – What Child is This
- Pirouette Valse I – The First Noel
- Pirouette Valse II – Silver Bell
- Petit Allegro I – Jingle Bells
- Petit Allegro II – Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Allegro I – Hark the Herald
- Allegro II – Let it Snow
- Allegro III – Frosty the Snowman
- Allegro IV – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Grand Allegro – Christmas Waltz
- Galop – Deck the Hall
- Extra – Mazurka – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
So, what are you waiting for?!
Go and download Emanuele’s November Album: The Christmas Class and witness the class light up!