I am honored to share a review of Terra by Merilyn Jackson for Fjord Review, a well-respected Ballet and Dance Online Journal.

Her description of the sound-score captures what my intent was for the piece from day one, blurring the lines between the physical real-time sounds of the environment, and the sounds of the score, between ‘nature’ and ‘music’, past and present. Using sound as a tool to connect audience and performers with the environment.

“…composer Devin Arne, ingeniously dug trenches around and through the perimeters of the space. You couldn’t tell where the sound of an airplane, or cawing bird was coming from, as if everything magically emerged from parts of the forest.” – Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review.

The access to the full text article, “Three Early Summer Dances” is available to Fjord Subscribers, however all can read the introduction of the article for free.