Noli Timere
Witness a gravity-defying world that challenges us to "be not afraid."
Director & Choreographer: Rebecca Lazier
Visual Artist: Janet Echelman
Composer: Jorane
A vast web sets the stage for a breathtaking aerial experience that reflects the interdependence among humans and our environment. Conceived by Guggenheim Fellowship Award-winning choreographer Rebecca Lazier and large-scale fiber artist Janet Echelman, Noli Timere dissolves the boundary between choreography and sculpture, creating a shared system in which body and environment continuously transform one another. With original music by acclaimed Québécois composer Jorane, the mesmerizing work explores how we navigate an unstable world.
Noli Timere is made possible with the generous support of the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation; Canada's National Arts Centre's National Creation Fund, Guggenheim Foundation, Innovation Fund for Research Collaborations between Artists and Scientists or Engineers at Princeton University, Canada Council for The Arts, Arts Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, City of Halifax.
Noli Timere benefited from multiple residencies, including a four-week residency at PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance in Chatham, NY; the Princeton University Atelier Program; the Barrry Onouye Studio at the University of Washington Architecture Department; and at Breaking Circus (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Mocean Dance (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and Universcene (Montreal). Live Art Dance, Princeton University and Mocean Dance commissioned Noli Timere.
photo by Julie Lemberger
Rebecca Lazier, a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, is an award-winning director, choreographer and educator based in New York and Nova Scotia. Recognized as an audacious experimenter, Lazier has choreographed more than 80 works inspired by the thinking and innovation that is possible through collaboration. Her There Might Be Others, was commissioned by New York Live Arts and won a New York Performance "Bessie" Award. Lazier is a Professor of the Practice at Princeton University.
www.rebeccalazier.com | @noli_timere_performance
Janet Echelman, a renowned American sculptor, reshapes urban airspace with vast, moving net sculptures that react to the environmental forces around them. Echelman combines ancient craft with state-of-the-art technology to create artworks that have become focal points for urban life on five continents, including North America. Echelman's TED talk, "Taking Imagination Seriously," has been translated into 35 languages and received more than two million views.
www.echelman.com | @janetechelman
French Canadian composer Jorane combines cello and haunting vocals to craft unique, alternative music that draws on rock, folk, classical and ambient styles. Her career has included eight studio albums, film soundtracks, dance collaborations and performances with symphony orchestras. Her collaborators have included the Orchestre Métropolitain, the I Musici ensemble, Margie Gillis, Michael Brook and Sarah McLachlan. Her most recent album, Hemenetset, earned her nods at the Junos, Adisq and GAMIQ.
https://jorane.com/ | @jorane_officiel
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