When some objects in a composition are partially hidden by others, it gives the effect of overlapping objects and creates the illusion of space and three-dimensionality. ... In landscape painting, layering the planes of the foreground, middle ground, and background lend to the illusion of space.
After attending a staging of Jerome Robbins's ballet Fancy Free (with music by Leonard Bernstein) by American Ballet Theatre, Schneider was inspired to become a composer.