Noli Timere is a soaring aerial performance and installation, performed within, on, under, around – and created simultaneously with – a voluminous Janet Echelman net sculpture. Featuring 6-8 outstanding multidisciplinary performers, the work is a fusion of contemporary dance and avant-garde circus; art installation and advanced engineering; public sculpture and social practice to explore how we navigate an unstable world.

Marking the first time performers will move upon and within an Echelman suspended sculpture, this collaboration presents the artists up to 25 feet in the air, in which choreography and sculpture are continually transformed by one another.

Noli Timere, meaning 'be not afraid' in Latin, uniquely renders interconnectedness visible and tangible, demonstrating how a change in one element has cascading effects and proposing an innovative response to global challenges including the climate crisis.

Rebecca Lazier - an award-winning choreographer and educator based in New York and Nova Scotia, has choreographed more than eighty works. Recognized as an audacious experimenter, Lazier creates works of explosive vitality 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.

Janet Echelman - a renowned American sculpture, reshapes urban airspace with vast, moving 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 and in North America. Echelman’s TED talk, “Taking Imagination Seriously”, has been translated into 35 languages and received more than two million views.

Y2D Productions was founded in 1999 by Creative Producer/Production Manager Gregory Parks. Its principal focus is the creation and touring of original, innovative and entertaining large-scale productions. Y2D Productions works with a broad spectrum of creative performers to develop sophisticated production concepts that combine various artistic forms into a single artistic work. These productions blend music, acrobatics, dance and theatre into a unique form of art and entertainment. The Y2D Productions team draws upon the creative talents of renowned directors, choreographers, lighting, set and costume designers, composers and performers. For each production Y2D Productions works with specific artists on the development of a project or production and oversees the touring of those projects nationally and internationally.

Director and Choreographer: Rebecca Lazier

Sculpture Designer: Janet Echelman and Studio Echelman

Composer: Jorane

Performers: Joaquin Barral, Zed Cezard, Valmont Harnois, Bia Pantojo, Raphaëlle Renucci, Gillian Seaward-Boone, Leah Skerry, and Madi Ward.

Lighting Designer: Leigh Ann Vardy

Costume Designer: Marilène Bastien

Rigging: James Leonard, Dominique Clement, Jackie Deniz Young

Arts Strategist and Dramaturg: Tonya Lockyer

Engineering Consultants: Sigrid Adriaenssens and William Baker

We are committed to a pragmatic working relationship with each presenter to ensure a collaborative approach for each venue.

Theatrical Environment:
Stage: 50 ft wide x 40 ft deep and a minimum height clearance of 22 feet.

The performance can be adapted for frontal view, fully in the round, or a combination. Ideally, audiences have room to move during the performance to change point of view.

Rigging: The sculpture suspends from as little as 4 corner rigging points, which is determined in collaboration with venue and company’s technical teams.

Lighting and Sound: Company will utilize lights within standard inventory of mid-sized theatres.

Company Provides:
Rigging: Evaluation and creation of custom plans for each venue.

Technical Direction: Production evaluation and schedule preparation in collaboration with venue.

Lighting and Sound: Plans prepared based on venues inventory.

Traveling Team:
Cast and Crew: 6-8 Artists, Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rigger, Lighting/Sound Director, Production/Tour Manager. Visual Artist Janet Echelman may be available upon request.

5 road cases, traveling via freight or checked luggage.