I was able to work with Zeena Parkins’ score from the initial stages of making both Partial View and partial view solo. In a first for us in our ongoing work together, Zeena provided mock-up recordings of her newly composed music for me to dance to for the videotaped improvisations from which the movement in the works was chosen. For partial view solo, Zeena collected sonic material through a process that mirrored my movement-collection process: She recorded her own acoustic-harp improvisations, and then layered selected sections atop each other. Zeena included a version of that music on her next album, Necklace, as “Solo for Neil.” Thrilling, for me.
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Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice
Victoria Looseleaf, Los Angeles Times
Additional Links
Zeena Parkins: “Solo for Neil.” Necklace. Tzadik, 2006