This Dance With You (Marimba and Piano)

This Dance With You takes inspiration from jazz and minimalism. It is a fragile and intimate duet for piano and marimba, where the instruments alternate roles like partners in a dance.

Genre: Duet for Marimba & Piano | # of Players: 2
Series: N/A
Level: Intermediate | Duration: 5:00

Instrumentation
Marimba (4.3-octave)
Piano

Program Notes
This Dance with You (alt. This Wild Dance with You) was written by Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova) in 2020 and premiered by her in a duet with Alex Martinelli in February 2021. The piece takes inspiration from jazz and minimalism. It is a fragile and intimate duet for piano and marimba, where the instruments alternate roles like partners in a dance.

Performers can take as much freedom as they want in the interpretation, “dancing” from each other’s phrasing.