Sep 20 Saturday
The culmination of a five-year collaboration between director/choreographer Rebecca Lazier and renowned sculptor Janet Echelman, NOLI TIMERE is a soaring aerial performance featuring a custom-designed, voluminous Echelman net sculpture and eight outstanding, multidisciplinary performers. NOLI TIMERE, Latin for 'be not afraid,' uniquely renders interconnectedness visible, making tangible how a change in one element has cascading effects on its surroundings, demonstrating the fragility of our ecosystem and the need for innovative responses to global challenges. The work is a fusion of contemporary dance and avant-garde circus, art installation and advanced engineering, public sculpture and social practice, exploring how we navigate an unstable world.
Oct 17 Friday
Following the roaring success of his Beatles tribute Pepperland, renowned choreographer Mark Morris teams up again with musical collaborator Ethan Iverson for The Look of Love, a wistful and heartfelt homage to the chart-topping songs of Burt Bacharach. A towering figure of popular music, Bacharach is known for his soaring melodies and unique orchestrations influenced by jazz, rock, and Brazilian music - his longtime lyricist, Hal David, providing unsentimental, poignant lyrics. The work is performed by an ensemble of piano, trumpet, bass, and drums, with singer, actress, and Broadway star Marcy Harriel on lead vocals.