Noli Timere
February 7-8, 2025
in partnership with the Lewis Center for the Arts
Noli Timere, Latin for “be not afraid,” brings an innovative world premiere spectacle to McCarter through a five-year collaboration between Director/Choreographer - and Princeton University Professor - Rebecca Lazier and sculptor Janet Echelman. This groundbreaking aerial performance features eight multidisciplinary performers dancing up to 25 feet in the air within a voluminous, custom-designed Echelman net sculpture. Choreographed to an original score by JORANE, this fusion of contemporary dance, avant-garde circus, and sculpture explores the delicate interconnectedness and fragility of our world, offering a profound commentary on navigating our unstable ecosystem through art and advanced engineering.
Post Show Conversation on February 7th
Join creativeX members Rebecca Lazier (choreographer, Professor of the Practice in Dance) Sigrid Adriaenssens (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Janet Echelman(Visual Artist) as they discuss with Naomi Ehrich Leonard (creativeX founder, Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) the unconventional creative collaboration that incubated the early development of Noli Timere, while also generating new research exploring the complex structural behaviors of nets. Leigh Ann Vardy (lighting designer) and Jorane (composer) will join to help tell the story of creative collaboration in the making of Noli Timere.
CreativeX is a Princeton University based collective of artists and engineers exploring the potential for creativity and collaboration without boundaries.
Arts & Ideas at McCarter links Princeton University Scholarship and Campus life to the work on stage and is co-sponsored by the Princeton University Humanities Council.
Venue
Berlind Theatre
Performances
February 7 at 7:30PM - Dance Series Package Date and Post-Show Conversation
February 8 at 2:00PM (Relaxed Performance) and 7:30PM
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Canada’s National Arts Centre National Creation Fund, and Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts.
