He has been found. He is no longer the eccentric outsider. At the age of 70, Partch marches on. It is a total Partch statement, incorporating voices, mime, his celebrated instruments, dance, lighting and staging, all working to express this philosophical concept. There is no libretto.
All action is danced or mimed.
It is performed in four parts that proceed without interruption. These introductory pages consist largely of technical data. They contain no argument, no exposition. I feel that the only investigation that has genuine integrity is the seen and heard performance. It is an olden time, but neither a precise time nor a precise place.