Margot Kazimirska was Principal Pianist with the Frankfurt Ballet for 20 years, where she played for classes, rehearsals and for many performances in Frankfurt and on world-wide tours. She has also played as guest pianist for the Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet, the Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet. She plays for all the performances of William Forsythe's acclaimed ballet "Artifact Suite" for Scottish Ballet and for the Paris Opera Ballet.

Margot freelances as pianist for many teachers in England, where she now lives. Her music for ballet class series, "Dance with Margot" is very popular with teachers, students and dancers . Purchase her 5 "Dance with Margot" CDs!

The CD has 45 tracks of well-known melodies from "Tea for Two" to "Traviata". Several exercises have slower and faster versions. Boys' exercises are included and music for Fouettes, from "Swan Lake".

This CD has 43 tracks. It is full barre work with several exercises having a choice of time-signature, e.g. Battement fondu on a 3/4, 4/4 or a tango.
Some exercises have slower and faster versions. Centre work includes Port de Bras, Adage, Tendus, and pirouettes before continuing with small and big jumps. There are Mazurkas and Waltzes in slower and faster versions.

Music for Children’s Ballet Class “Overture & Beginners”:

This CD has 2 classes with 60 tracks of music. “Overture” is for little children aged between 3 and 7. 19 tracks of music to accompany a class for this age group and introduce them to different styles of music, some of which will be familiar to them (Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, etc.) and classical music, eg. Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” and Mozart’s Magic Flute. The second class “Beginners” has 40 tracks of music for children aged between ca. 7 and 12. The music is bright and spirited arranged from films and musicals ( ET, Mary Poppins, Snow White etc.) and classical music ( Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Mozart etc.) all adapted to fit a comprehensive class for youngsters. The CD ends with an “Expressive Dance “ section with 6 different pieces to dance to.

This CD has 52 tracks covering a complete class including music for
Pointe work and 16 Ballet variations from Coppélia, Giselle, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and La Bayadere.

Music for Children's Ballet Class, Festivals and Auditions. This CD has 56 tracks of music especially appealing for young children, with tunes from musicals, nursery rhymes for "babies" classes, and ballet and classical music as well. This Volume is special, having in addition to 2 classes, 15 short pieces up to 2 mins. each for teachers to choreograph dances for children to dance in festivals and also useful for auditions. The music is from a wide range, from the dynamic and rhythmic (eg. Bartok & Satie) to the more melodic, lyrical (eg. Grieg & Massenet ).

Volume 6 is a complete class of 55 tracks including music for Pointe exercises. Margot plays a beautiful Yamaha Grand piano and there are many varied time-signatures.