“Ballet Class Music for the Young Dancer” is the first album by Søren Bebe with music composed and arranged especially for children’s ballet classes (age 4-10 years).

1 Warm up 3/4 32 counts 1:13
2 Warm up 3/4 32 counts (repeated) 2:27 (NOT ON CD)
3 Plié 3/4 64 counts 2:03 (NOT ON CD)
4 Plié 3/4 64 counts (repeated) 4:03
5 Tendu 1 4/4 32 counts 0:50 (NOT ON CD)
6 Tendu 1 4/4 32 counts (repeated) 1:40
7 Tendu 2 4/4 64 counts 1:12
8 Battement dégagé (slow) 4/4 64 counts 1:23 (NOT ON CD)
9 Battement dégagé (slow) 4/4 64 counts (repeated) 2:45
10 Battement dégagé (faster) 4/4 64 counts 1:12 (NOT ON CD)
11 Battement dégagé (faster) 4/4 64 counts (repeated) 2:23
12 Piqué/Pointe 6/8 64 counts 1:12 (NOT ON CD)
13 Piqué/Pointe 6/8 64 counts (repeated) 2:24
14 Rond de jambe 3/4 64 counts 1:46 (NOT ON CD)
15 Rond de jambe 3/4 64 counts (repeated) 3:32
16 Rond de jambe (alt. version) 3/4 64 counts 1:48 (NOT ON CD)
17 Rond de jambe (alt. version) 3/4 64 counts (repeated) 3:34 (NOT ON CD)
18 Passé/Retiré 6/8 64 counts 1:12
19 Fondu with port de bras 4/4 96 counts 2:05
20 Frappé (slow) 4/4 32 counts 0:41 (NOT ON CD)
21 Frappé (slow) 4/4 32 counts (repeated) 1:22
22 Frappé (faster) 4/4 64 counts 1:09
23 Adage développé 3/4 64 counts 2:10 (NOT ON CD)
24 Adage développé 3/4 64 counts (repeated) 4:18
25 Petit battement/Relevé 4/4 64 counts 1:13 (NOT ON CD)
26 Petit battement/Relevé 4/4 64 counts (repeated) 2:24
27 Grand battement 4/4 64 counts 1:29 (NOT ON CD)
28 Grand battement 4/4 64 counts (repeated) 2:59

CENTER EXERCISES

29 Port de bras 3/4 64 counts 1:50
30 Tendu 4/4 64 counts 1:26
31 Tendu (faster) 4/4 64 counts 1:19 (NOT ON CD)
32 Walks and pointe 6/8 96 counts 2:07
33 Preparation for pirouettes 4/4 64 counts 1:26
34 Pirouettes 4/4 96 counts 1:55
35 Waltz 3/4 64 counts 1:47
36 Quick waltz 3/4 128 counts 2:07
37 Warm up jumps 6/8 64 counts 1:13
38 Small jumps 2/4 128 counts 1:25
39 Petit allegro 4/4 64 counts 00:46
40 Petit allegro (faster) 4/4 128 counts 1:19
41 Pas de chat/Polka 4/4 128 counts 1:25
42 Pas de chat/Polka (fast) 4/4 128 counts 1:20 (NOT ON CD)
43 Grand allegro 3/4 128 counts 2:09
44 Chassé 2/4 128 counts 1:44
45 Chassé (faster) 2/4 160 counts 1:53
46 Skips 6/8 64 counts 1:15
47 Polka 4/4 256 counts 4:56
48 Tarantella 6/8 256 counts 4:35
49 Mazurka 3/4 64 counts 1:28
50 Coda/Diagonal turns 4/4 128 counts 1:56
51 Reverence 3/4 32 counts 1:03

All songs composed, arranged and played by Søren Bebe

Recorded at The Village Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark
on a Steinway D Grand Piano
Mixed and mastered by John Fomsgaard at Karmacrew

Graphic design by Aleksandar Veselic and Dragana Veselic.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Nerea Barañano from Christianshavns Balletskole for invaluable feedback and help creating this album.

Also a special thank you to Allan Nielsen, Ana Mendoza, Jacqueline Richards, lacopo and Alessia from Lazy Dancer Tips and Karine from FitDance Academy.