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Warm Up
o The Ink Spots – My Prayer
o Rod Stewart – Embraceable you
o Jason Mraz – I’m yours
Stretch
o Ella Fitzgerald – Reach for tomorrow
o K D Lang – Hallelujah
o K D Lang – After the gold rush
Circle
o Liz Wright – Stop
o Blues Etilicos – Canceriano sem lar
o Paulina Rubio – Alma en Libertad
Across the Floor
o Los Enanitos Verdes – Tan solo un instante
o Los de Abajo – El Indio
o Guy Lombardo – Three o’clock in the morning
On the Floor
o Steve Erquiaga – Pavane for a dead princess
o Steve Erquiaga – Two Preludes (Chopin)
o Steve Erquiaga – Arioso (Bach)
o Steve Erquiaga – Under the Tuscan Sun
o Steve Erquiaga – If Dreams Could Dance
Check out the dancing grandma in this video. (She makes her first appearance at 1:10 minutes.) We should all be so flexible! All it takes is some good music. Thanks to ChangingAging, where Dr. Bill Thomas promotes positive images of aging.
Warm Up
The Ink Spots – My Prayer (My Prayer) (3:15)
Rod Stewart – Embraceable you (Stardust… The Great American Songbook, Vol. III) (2:37)
Not available on Amazon as an MP3 in the US (you can download it at Amazon UK). Here’s the album.
You can listen to the song in this video. I remove the introduction when I use the song in class.
Jason Mraz – I’m yours (I’m yours) (4:07)
Here’s a live version. The album version works really well in class. (Thanks, Grace)
Stretch
Ella Fitzgerald – Reach for tomorrow (The Intimate Ella) (2:24)
K D Lang – Hallelujah (Hymns of the 49th Parallel) (4:57)
K D Lang – After the gold rush (Hymns of the 49th Parallel) (4:00)
Circle
Liz Wright – Stop (Dreaming Wide Awake) (3:32)
Blues Etilicos – Canceriano sem lar (Putumayo Presents: Blues Around the World) (2:59)
Not available on Amazon as an MP3. Here’s the album. I use several songs from this album in classes.
There’s no video of Blues Etilicos doing this song, but here’s another version – a live performance — that has similar motion-inducing qualities.
Paulina Rubio – Alma en Libertad (Pau-Latina) (3:54)
This looks live, but I wonder if she’s lip-syncing. It sounds just like the album.
Across the Floor
Los Enanitos Verdes – Tan solo un instante ( Los Enanitos Verdes: Coleccion Aniversario) (3:24)
Los de Abajo – El Indio (Putumayo Presents: Nuevo Latino) (3:32)
Not available as an MP3 on Amazon or iTunes. Here’s the album.
Guy Lombardo – Three o’clock in the morning (Winter Moods with Guy Lombardo) (2:43)
I can’t find this on iTunes.
Not available on Amazon as an MP3, and I can’t tell if the song on the following album is the one I use (when you click to listen, it plays another song called Jean). I use a version of this song from an old album called Waltz Favorites.
On the Floor
Steve Erquiaga – Pavane for a dead princess (Café Paradiso) (5:57)
Steve Erquiaga – Two Preludes (Chopin) (Café Paradiso) (3:43)
Steve Erquiaga – Arioso (Bach) (Café Paradiso) (3:23)
Steve Erquiaga – Under the Tuscan Sun (Café Paradiso) (4:50)
Steve Erquiaga – If Dreams Could Dance (Café Paradiso) (4:26)
Café Pardiso is not available on iTunes or Amazon as MP3 files, and there are no YouTube videos of the tracks I use. Here’s an example of Steve Erquiaga’s guitar playing. This song, Sicilienne, is too busy for On the Floor.
Related posts:
Rosen Method Movement Music (This is a post I wrote about selecting music for a class.)
Rosen Method Movement teachers (a directory)
Dance for joy: Rosen Method Movement and a Minnesota wedding (Fun. This is a must see!)
Rosen Movement Music (This links to posts that contain music for classes.)
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