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Music for Ballet Class    Music for Modern Dance Class

Content and examples:

Birds
Why can’t we be like the birds
with wings to fly to the hights of our minds
Answers that blow in the winds – in the winds

Why can´t our words be like birds
with wings to fly to the hights of our minds
Questions that blow in the winds – in the winds

Some people say we’re a higher kind of life
destined for great things
But when I look around at what we have made
I wish that we had wings – like the birds

Sand is sleeping in the sea
a seagull flying over me
All depth in human beings
whispers like the song of a bird

Hatred vanish from our lives
wings that beat towards the sun
All depth in human beings
whispers like the song of a bird

Some people say we’re a higher kind of life
destined for great things
But when I look around at what we have made
I wish that we had wings – like the birds

Peter Lodwick
Composer, performing artist, artistic director of the Norwegian dance company Dans & Toner.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, Peter has composed music for over 50 ballets, numerous theatre plays, musicals and films, both in Great Britain and in Norway. He has also composed both for the BBC and the Norwegian Broadcasting company NRK, and his work has been presented at many festivals. Because of his unique understanding of movement, he is a much sought after composer and accompanist for both modern and classical dance.

CD cover Design: Peter Lodwick