Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) premiers two contemporary ballets June 3-4. “In A Dialogue with Gravity” explores the parallel between modern architecture, movement and the need to push and defy gravity. “Matisse’s Gardens” brings to life the bold color and forms that Henri Matisse first explored in his collages and drawings.

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens - Music for Ballet

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens - Minor Swing
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Based on Minor Swing the 1937 piece by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli
Duration: 2:10
Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) premiers two contemporary ballets June 3-4. Inspired by the relationships architects and dancers share with gravity, “In A Dialogue with Gravity” explores the connection between architecture, dance, and its people. In the second act, “Matisse’s Gardens,” the forms, colors, and space of Matisse’s famed cutouts forms the foundation for this contemporary ballet.
Cover design by Maire-Jose Payannet
For strings, piano, accordion and percussion

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens - Minor Swing

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens – Dark Eyes
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Based on a Gypsy melody which became very successful in Europe in the 1920's and 1930's.
Duration: 2:15
Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) premiers two contemporary ballets June 3-4. Inspired by the relationships architects and dancers share with gravity, “In A Dialogue with Gravity” explores the connection between architecture, dance, and its people. In the second act, “Matisse’s Gardens,” the forms, colors, and space of Matisse’s famed cutouts forms the foundation for this contemporary ballet.
Cover design by Maire-Jose Payannet
For strings, accordion, saxes. piano, basson and percussion

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens – Dark Eyes

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens – Boléro  
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Based on Marice Ravel’s "Boléro" 
Duration: 3:15 
Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) premiers two contemporary ballets June 3-4.  “In A Dialogue with Gravity” explores the parallel between modern architecture, movement and the need to push and defy gravity.  “Matisse’s Gardens” brings to life the bold color and forms that Henri Matisse first explored in his collages and drawings.
Matisse first visited Morocco in the winter of 1912.  Matisse found Morocco so different and exotic that he ended up making numerous sketches, drawings, and paintings of it, or more precisely, of what he saw in it.  Matisse was quite struck by the people’s physiognomy and colorful garments, the architecture, the daily outdoor scenes, and routines… and it shows in most of his works from this period (1912-1913).  This music for the ballet, using ethnic instruments and percussion, reflects on this time of Matisse's life in Morocco.
Cover design by Maire-Jose Payannet 
For strings, ethnic instruments. harp, marimba, timpani and percussion

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens – Boléro

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens – Valse Pour Matisse
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Duration: 2:15
Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) premiers two contemporary ballets June 3-4. Inspired by the relationships architects and dancers share with gravity, “In A Dialogue with Gravity” explores the connection between architecture, dance, and its people. In the second act, “Matisse’s Gardens,” the forms, colors, and space of Matisse’s famed cutouts forms the foundation for this contemporary ballet.
Cover design by Maire-Jose Payannet
For strings, accordion, clarinet, celeste, harp, virtual instrument and percussion

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens – Valse Pour Matisse

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Bruce Klepper is a Colorado based composer with thousands of listeners worldwide. Klepper studied music composition in the 1970's and received a degree in music composition and theory.  After writing music for many years and starting a tech company based in Colorado, Klepper retired in 2014 from business so he could devote myself to his true passion, composing music. Klepper's music premiered in Carnegie Hall, September 2022.  Klepper writes music in a number of different styles, including contemporary classical music, jazz, soundscapes using field recordings, ambient music, and ballet music.  Klepper has been composing music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) since 2016. Klepper has been collaborating with Parlando School of Musical Arts (www.parlando.org) faculty Britta De Groot and Sergei Govorov for over a year now, composing and arranging new music for the dynamic piano and saxophone duo to premier around the United States. Klepper's music can be heard on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and SoundCloud. 

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In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens - Music for Ballet

Bruce Klepper | Composer