In February 2022 I was invitated by cello improvisor Madeleine Shapiro and choreographer Merli V. Guerra to collaborate to make the music for an upcoming dance piece that Guerra was choreographing for her company Luminarium. During two intensive weeks in February I collaborated remotely – CoVid-style – with renowned New York-based cellist, Madeleine Shapiro, to make a 14 minute piece.

Madeleine sent me sections of improvisations on the cello and crotales sounds, which I then would electronically process and use as elements in the composition.

Madeleine would then respond to this and send me new improvisations. I also added sounds that I had recorded myself, for instance, a carpet of lively conversations from a piazza in Genoa, Italy, and percussion sounds played by retired colleague music technology professor, drummer and percussionist, Carl Haakon Waadeland. The final mix kept a main cello voice in the centre to capture a live-feeling.

The piece was world premiered the 4th of March 2022 at Rider University (New Jersey, US) with dancers Tanisha Anand, Lex Barreiros, Kaniah Browne, Jossie Hunter, Nevaeh Peaks, Jamie Pena and Vee Williams. The video shows the full piece from the premiere with audio recorded on site.